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Patient outcome using currently accepted Balthazar CTSI.
| Outcome Parameter/ No. of patients | Total (n=50) |
Mild (n=21) |
Moderate (n=12) |
Severe (n=17) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Average duration of hospital stay (in days) | 17 | 25 | 23 | |||||
| Intervention/drainage | 15 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 46.6 | 5 | 33.33 |
| Surgical debridement | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| Infection | 8 | 16 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 87.5 |
| Organ system failure | 8 | 16 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 6 | 75 |
| Death | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.6 | 6 | 83.3 |
