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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor levels in patients with burn injuries and inhalation trauma requiring mechanical ventilation: an observational cohort study

 

Patients with burn injuries with inhalation trauma (n= 11)

Control patients (n= 15)

P value

Age (years)

38 (26-43)

74 (62-77)

< 0.001a

Male sex (%)

72.7

66.7

0.75

LIS on admission

1.38 (0.94-1.75)b

1.25 (1.00-1.75)

0.82

Burn injuries

   

   TBSA (%)

25 (14-48)

-

-

   TBSA third-degree burns (%)

8 (1-39.5)

-

-

Admission diagnosis

  

-

   Burn injuries with inhalation trauma

11

-

 

   Postoperative complication

-

1

 

   Neurologic

-

3

 

   Sepsis

-

1

 

   Asthma cardiale (after MI)

-

1

 

   Trauma

-

2

 

   Resuscitation after cardiac arrest

-

7

 
  1. Data represent median (interquartile range). Comparison between groups was done by using the Mann-Whitney U test. LIS, Lung Injury Score; MI, myocardial infarction; TBSA, total body surface area burned. aSignificant. bLung Injury Score of one patient was missing.