TABLE 2.
Comparison of Outcomes Between Patients Undergoing SSRF Versus Nonoperative Treatment, Stratified for Pulmonary Contusion Severity
| Mild Contusion n = 80 |
p | Moderate Contusion n = 92 |
p | Severe Contusion n = 44 |
p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSRF | Non-op | SSRF | Non-op | SSRF | Non-op | ||||
| Pneumonia | 4 (8%) | 8 (29%) | 0.020 | 7 (12%) | 8 (24%) | 0.147 | 8 (24%) | 3 (30%) | 0.692 |
| Tracheostomy* | 7 (14%) | 6 (25%) | 0.327 | 10 (18%) | 7 (28%) | 0.381 | 12 (39%) | 4 (50%) | 0.694 |
| Mortality | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 0.350 | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 1.000 | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 1.000 |
| ICU admission | 48 (92%) | 26 (93%) | 1.000 | 56 (95%) | 32 (97%) | 1.000 | 34 (100%) | 10 (100%) | 1.000 |
| ICU LOS | 4 (2–6) | 5 (3–15) | 0.041 | 5 (2–11) | 7 (3–16) | 0.130 | 6 (4–15) | 13 (6–20) | 0.143 |
| MV need | 13 (25%) | 12 (43%) | 0.131 | 27 (46%) | 21 (64%) | 0.129 | 20 (59%) | 6 (60%) | 1.000 |
| MV days | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–13) | 0.047 | 0 (0–6) | 4 (0–19) | 0.036 | 3 (0–12) | 9 (0–24) | 0.481 |
| Hospital LOS | 9 (5–15) | 12 (6–18) | 0.147 | 11 (7–19) | 14 (8–24) | 0.128 | 13 (8–26) | 18 (12–39) | 0.273 |
*Patients with head AIS score of >3 are excluded from this analysis with total n = 198.
Data are shown as median (P25–P75) or as n (%). Significant differences are printed in bold.
Mild contusion is BPC18 scores of 1 to 3, moderate contusion is BPC18 scores of 4 to 6, and severe contusion is BPC18 scores of 7 to 18.
LOS, length of stay; MV, mechanical ventilation; non-op, nonoperative management of rib fractures.