Table 1.
Demographics and characteristics of severely injured trauma patients with and without sepsis.
| Patient Characteristics | All Patients (n = 66) | Sepsis (n = 30) | No Sepsis (n = 36) | P value |
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| Age (mean ± SEM) | 39 ± 2 | 41 ± 3 | 38 ± 3 | 0.99 |
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| Male, n (%) | 44 (67%) | 21 (70%) | 23 (64%) | 0.79 |
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| Blunt/Penetrating, n (%) | 56/10 (85/15) | 29/2 (94/6) | 27/8 (77/23) | 0.089 |
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| Injury Severity Score (median, interquartile range Q3,Q1) | 29 (41,20) | 37 (41,28) | 24 (31,18) | < 0.001 |
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| ICU LOS (days, median, interquartile range Q3,Q1) | 5.5 (17,3) | 17 (22,10) | 3 (4,2) | < 0.001 |
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| Ventilator days (median, interquartile range Q3,Q1) | 3 (14,0) | 14 (19,7) | 0.5 (2,0) | < 0.001 |
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| Initial Systolic Blood Pressure < 90 mmHg, n (%) | 20 (30%) | 15 (50%) | 5 (14%) | 0.003 |
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| Antibiotic use n (%) | 35 (53%) | 20 (67%) | 15 (42%) | 0.051 |
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| Blood transfusion within 24 hours of admission, n (%) | 42 (64%) | 24 (80%) | 18 (50%) | 0.02 |
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| SNP label here, n (column %) | 0.049 | |||
| RR | 11 (17%) | 9 (25%) | 2 (7%) | |
| RH | 40 (61%) | 21 (58%) | 19 (63%) | |
| HH | 15 (23%) | 6 (17%) | 9 (30%) | |
Statistical significance was determined using Mann Whitney U test for continuous variables, Fisher's exact test for categorical data and the exact Cochran-Armitage trend test for FcγRIIa polymorphism.