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Table 2 Factors associated with 90-day mortality in severe burn patients

From: Gastrointestinal dysfunction is associated with mortality in severe burn patients: a 10-year retrospective observational study from South China

Item

Non-survivor (n = 76)

Survivor (n = 252)

r

P-value

Inhalation injury [n(%)]

  

0.285

< 0.001

 Yes

66 (86.8)

136 (54.0)

  

 No

10 (13.2)

116 (46.0)

  

Shock at admission [n(%)]

 

0.227

< 0.001

 Yes

46 (60.5)

87 (34.5)

  

 No

30 (39.5)

165 (65.5)

  

Incidence separated on % TBSA [n(%)]

  

0.470

< 0.001

 20–29

2 (2.6)

19 (7.5)

  

 30–49

1 (1.3)

76 (30.2)

  

 50–69

12 (15.8)

81 (32.1)

  

 70–89

27 (35.5)

60 (23.8)

  

 ≥ 90

34 (44.7)

16 (6.3)

  

% TBSA [M (Q1, Q3)]

85 (75, 95)

55 (35, 70)

0.477

< 0.001

% full-thickness TBSA [M (Q1, Q3)]

55 (36, 78)

15 (3, 34)

0.473

< 0.001

Baux score [M (Q1, Q3)]

143 (129, 157)

106 (84, 127)

0.487

< 0.001

SOFA score [M (Q1, Q3)]

2 (1, 5)

2 (1, 3)

0.106

0.056

ABSI score [M (Q1, Q3)]

14 (13, 15)

11 (9, 14)

0.493

< 0.001

Length of ICU stay [d, M (Q1, Q3)]

5 (1, 12)

0 (0, 0)

0.499

< 0.001

MODS [n(%)]

  

0.662

< 0.001

 Yes

61 (80.3)

26 (10.3)

  

 No

15 (19.7)

226 (89.7)

  

Sepsis* [n(%)]

  

0.483

< 0.001

 Yes

56 (73.7)

51 (20.2)

  

 No

20 (26.3)

201 (79.8)

  

GI dysfunction [n(%)]

  

0.471

< 0.001

 Yes

67 (88.2)

82 (32.5)

  

 No

9 (11.8)

170 (67.5)

  

Wound infection [n(%)]

  

− 0.127

0.022

 Yes

14 (18.4)

79 (31.3)

  

 No

62 (81.6)

168 (66.7)

  

Early mental symptoms [n(%)]

  

0.276

0.025

 Emotional symptoms

11 (14.5)

23 (9.1)

  

 Perceptual symptoms

4 (5.3)

11 (4.4)

  

 Cognitive disorder

10 (13.2)

16 (6.3)

  

 Behavioral disorder

15 (19.7)

21 (8.3)

  

 None

58 (76.3)

219 (86.9)

  

Continuous analgesia with opioids [n(%)]

 

0.185

< 0.001

 Yes

54 (71.1)

124 (49.2)

  

 No

22 (28.9)

128 (50.8)

  
  1. TBSA total body surface area, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, ABSI Abbreviated Burn Severity Index, ICU intensive care unit, MODS multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, GI gastrointestinal
  2. *Sepsis was diagnosed according to the definition of Sepsis 3.0 (2016)