Table 1.
The basic information and clinical characteristics of multiple trauma with sepsis and multiple trauma without sepsis.
| Characteristics | Variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All patients
(n = 60) |
Multiple trauma
(MT, n = 30) |
Multiple trauma with sepsis
(MTS, n = 30) |
P value
(MT vs. MTS) |
|
| Male gender, n (%) | 45 (75%) | 22 (73%) | 23 (77%) | 1.0000 |
| Age, years | 40 (31 to 52) | 35 (26 to 46) | 44.5 (35.75 to 59.75) | 0.0071** |
| Length of stay in the ICU, days | 0 (0 to 1) | 0 (0 to 0) | 0 (0 to 4.25) | 0.5729 |
| SOFA score, points | 0 (0 to 2) | 0 (0 to 2) | 2 (1 to 6) | 0.0061** |
| Length of stay in hospital, days | 16 (9.5 to 29.5) | 23.5 (10.75 to 38.75) | 21 (11 to 34) | 0.1150 |
| Glasgow score, points | 15 (11 to 15) | 15 (15 to 15) | 12 (7.75 to 15) | 0.0007** |
| Leukocyte count, ×109/L | 14.74 (12 to 20.85) | 14.74 (11.14 to 18.02) | 15.47 (11.99 to 21.95) | 0.4362 |
| Neutrophil count, ×109/L | 12.91 (9.58 to 17.95) | 12.91 (9.675 to 14.19) | 13.41 (9.497 to 19.42) | 0.2077 |
| Platelets, ×109/L | 183 (149 to 256) | 183 (142.5 to 257) | 189.5 (154.5 to 256.3) | 0.4280 |
| Total bilirubin, μmol/L | 12.7 (9.1 to 23.3) | 15.5 (9.45 to 22.95) | 10.55 (8.65 to 24.83) | 0.7753 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 62.6 (54.6 to 75.9) | 64.9 (56.2 to 79.05) | 62.5 (52.78 to 68.23) | 0.2844 |
| Oxygenation index, mmHg | 268.6 (209.7 to 385) | 271.2 (219.7 to 385.7) | 257 (181.3 to 389.6) | 0.3334 |
Data are expressed as medians and 25th to 75th percentiles or with frequencies and percentages. P value is statistically significant when <0.01 and those values are marked with an **.
ICU, intensive care unit; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment.