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. 2017 Jul 26;23:3641–3648. doi: 10.12659/MSM.902197

Table 5.

Comparison of pulmonary contusion volume and complications.

CTCV <20% (n=184) CTCV ≥20% (n=42) p-value
Blood transfusion 54 (29.3%) 22 (52.4%) 0.004
Chest infection 37 (20.1%) 12 (28.6%) 0.23
ARDS 16 (8.7%) 12 (28.6%) 0.001
Hospital LOS 10 (1–144) 12.5 (1–126) 0.43
Intensive care LOS 6.5 (1–57) 11 (1–57) 0.25
Ventilatory days 7 (1–32) 13 (1–25) 0.04
Mortality 11 (6.0%) 4 (9.5%) 0.40

CTCV – computed tomography based contusion volume; ARDS – acute respiratory distress syndrome; LOS – length of stay.