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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2021 Aug 19;277(3):512–519. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005166

Table 2:

Comparison of patient characteristics and fluid dynamics prior to administration of albumin by those who received albumin ≤12 hours and >12 hours post burn. Values are shown as mean ± SD or median (IQR) as indicated.

Albumin started ≤ 12
hours
N=118
Albumin started >12
hours
N=135
P value
Age (years) 49.8 ± 17.4 46.5 ± 15 0.11
% TBSA burn 39.3 ± 20.0 34.0 ± 18.0 0.01
% full thickness burn 18.5 ± 29.5 10.0 ± 22.5 0.01
Inhalation Injury 28 (23.7) 16 (11.9) 0.01
Cumulative Crystalloids (mL) 5014.9 ± 3327.7 10894.4 ± 6190.4 <0.0001
Cumulative Crystalloids (mL/kg/%TBSA burn) 1.51 ± 0.98 3.53 ± 1.81 <0.0001
Urine (mL/kg/hour)* 0.45 (0.70) 0.64 (0.49) <0.0001
Input:Output Ratio** 0.49 (1.04) 0.34 (0.32) 0.01

% full-thickness burn, % TBSA burn, Urine (mL/kg/hour), and Input:Output Ratio were compared with a Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Test. Age, Cumulative Crystalloids (mL), and Cumulative Crystalloids (ml/kg/% TBSA burn) were compared with a two-sample t-test. Inhalation Injury was evaluated with a Chi-Square Test.

*

Note: Urine (mL/kg/hour) did not include pre burn-center urine output.

**

Note: For 21 patients, albumin was started upon admission or did not have any urine output before being administered albumin. They are listed as ‘missing’ and not included in the analysis.