Table 3.
Correlation of demographic, clinical, laboratory, and endoscopic variables with need for ICU admission
| Variable |
ICU admission
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 158 (81.9) | 35 (18.1) | 0.101 |
| Female | 136 (88.3) | 18 (11.7) | |
| Type of caustic agent | |||
| Alkaline | 164 (87.2) | 24 (12.8) | 0.114 |
| Acidic | 122 (81.9) | 27 (18.1) | |
| Intention | |||
| Accidental | 100 (95.2) | 5 (4.8) | < 0.001 |
| Suicidal | 165 (80.1) | 41 (19.9) | |
| History of psychiatric disease | |||
| Yes | 53 (73.6) | 19 (26.4) | 0.068 |
| No | 30 (90.9) | 3 (9.1) | |
| Esophageal injury (endoscopic) | |||
| Grade I | 127 (95.5) | 6 (4.5) | < 0.001 |
| Grade IIa | 31 (83.8) | 6 (16.2) | |
| Grade IIb | 13 (81.3) | 3 (18.8) | |
| Grade IIIa | 34 (54.0) | 29 (46) | |
| Gastric injury (endoscopic) | |||
| Grade I | 68 (94.4) | 4 (5.6) | < 0.001 |
| Grade IIa | 56 (90.3) | 6 (9.7) | |
| Grade IIb | 23 (71.9) | 9 (28.1) | |
| Grade III | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | |
| Grade IV | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |
| Serum pH on admission | |||
| < 7.35 | 62 (72.9) | 23 (27.1) | 0.003 |
| 7.35 – 7.45 | 120 (90.2) | 13 (9.8) | |
| > 7.45 | 33 (84.6) | 6 (15.4) | |
| Dyspnea | |||
| Yes | 18 (64) | 35 (36) | < 0.001 |
| No | 258 (88.1) | 35 (11.9 | |
| Mean age (year) | 37.19 ± 17.86 | 40.92 ± 16.00 | 0.160 |
| Delayed admission (hour) | 3.37 ± 3.98 | 4.76 ± 5.1 | 0.033 |
| Volume of ingestion | 96.16 ± 90.03 | 165.57 ± 131.03 | < 0.001 |
| Glasgow coma scale on admission | 14.85 ± 0.55 | 13.91 ± 2.21 | 0.001 |
| Respiratory rate (/minute) | 18.85 ± 4.57 | 20.52 ± 6.91 | 0.035 |
Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation or number and percentage.