TABLE II.
Resource Utilization
Massive Burns (TBSA≥60%) | Major Burn (TBSA 20–59%) | |||||
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Liberal (n = 25) | Restrictive (n = 21) | p | Liberal (n = 152) | Restrictive (n = 147) | p | |
LOS | 98 [63, 146] | 68 [24, 106] | 0.18 | 27 [19, 44] | 30 [21, 54] | 0.18 |
Ventilator day | 50 [23, 82] | 29 [10, 40] | 0.03 | 4 [0, 14] | 4 [0, 22] | 0.22 |
ICU days | 87 [49, 119] | 45 [17, 86] | 0.09 | 18 [6, 30] | 20 [11, 38] | 0.1 |
Wound healing (days) | 70 [50, 118] | 81 [50, 140] | 0.81 | 22 [13, 35] | 22 [14, 33] | 0.74 |
Operation # | 7 [5, 16] | 6 [2, 13] | 0.5 | 2 [1, 4] | 2 [1, 4] | 0.35 |
Worst MOD | 10 [8, 13] | 11 [10, 13] | 0.53 | 6 [3, 9] | 7 [4, 10] | 0.22 |
Mortality (%) | 28 | 28.6 | 1 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 0.44 |
Surgery (%) | 100 | 100 | 92.8 | 93.2 | 1 | |
RBC Transf. Count | 66 [36, 123] | 38 [19, 58] | 0.03 | 13 [5, 23] | 6 [2, 13] | <0.001 |
Data expressed as medians [25th, 75th quantiles] or percentage (n) of selected variables for each treatment group.