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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2018 Jul 23;164(6):1241–1245. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.053

Table 2.

Demographics, injury characteristics and outcomes in septic patients.

All 10–20% ≥ 20% P
TBSA TBSA
No. of patients 88 33 55
Age, years, mean ± SD 50 ± 18 53 ± 20 48 ± 17 0.212
Male, no. (%) 71% 21 (63%) 41 (75%) 0.337
TBSA, %, mean ± SD 30 ± 17 14 ± 3 39 ± 15 <0.0001
3rd TBSA, %, mean ± SD 20 ± 18 6 ± 6 28 ± 181 0.0001
Inhalation injury, no. (%) 44 (50%) 11 (33%) 33 (60%) 0.027
LOS, days, median (IQR)* 49 (29–71) 33 (22–46) 64 (37–81) 0.005
LOS/TBSA, days/%, median 1.8 (1.3–3.1) 2.1 (1.5–3.7) 1.6 (1.1–2.4) <0.0001
(IQR)*
Mortality, no. (%) 17 (19%) 4 (12%) 13 (24%) 0.266

TBSA, total body surface area; LOS, length of stay;

*

Analysis restricted to patients alive until discharge.