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. 2022 Apr 4;224(1):607–611. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.03.040

Table 3.

In-hospital complications in COVID positive versus COVID negative trauma patients.

COVID + Trauma Patients
(n = 179)
COVID - Trauma Patients (n = 4742) P-value
AKI 5 (2.79%) 38 (0.8%) 0.016*
Sepsis 5 (2.79%) 38 (0.8%) 0.016*
ARDS 3 (1.67%) 20 (0.42%) 0.0632
Pulmonary embolism 1 (0.55%) 22 (0.46%) 1.00
Deep vein thrombosis 3 (1.67%) 38 (0.8%) 0.39
Cardiac Arrest 6 (3.35%) 98 (2.07%) 0.363
Unplanned intubation 9 (5.02%) 78 (1.64%) 0.002*
Unplanned return to ICU 10 (5.58%) 109 (2.269%) 0.01*
Unplanned return to OR 1 (0.55%) 4 (0.08%) 0.44