Table 1.

Clinical outcomes during the acute phase of management

	All patients*	HVI	LVI	P value
No of patients	207	76	122
LOS, days, median (IQR)	9 (3–18)	14 (4–24)	8 (3–15)	<0.001
LOS/TBSA, days/%, median (IQR)	2 (1–4)	3 (1–8)	2 (1–3)	<0.001
TBSA, %, median (IQR)	4 (1–10)	3 (1–15)	5 (2–9)	0.44
No of ORs, median (IQR)	1 (0–2)	2 (0–3)	0 (0–1)	<0.001
Complications, no (%)
Rhabdomyolysis	9 (4)	9 (12)	0 (0)	<0.001
Compartment syndrome	17 (8)	12 (16)	5 (4)	0.007
Infection	28 (14)	15 (20)	11 (9)	0.05
Sepsis	11 (5)	8 (11)	3 (2)	0.02
Multiple organ failure	1 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	0.38
Amputation	26 (13)	21 (28)	3 (2)	<0.001
Multiple amputations	13 (6)	10 (13)	2 (2)	0.001
Requiring rehabilitation, no. (%)	106 (51)	49 (64)	54 (44)	0.008
Discharged to inpatient rehabilitation, no (%)†	34 (32)	22 (45)	10 (19)	0.005
Discharged to outpatient rehabilitation, no (%)†	72 (68)	27 (55)	44 (81)	0.005
Mortality, no (%)	4 (2)	3 (4)	1 (1)	0.16

*Includes patients whose voltage was not otherwise specified (n=9).

†Percentages are calculated based on the total number of patients requiring any form of rehabilitation (all patients, n=106; HVI, n=49; LVI, n=54).

HVI, high-voltage injury; LOS, length of stay; LVI, low-voltage injury; TBSA, total body surface area.