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Table 2 Patient demographics and characteristics

From: Chest computed tomography performed on admission helps predict the severity of smoke-inhalation injury

Characteristic

Subjects (n = 37)

Age, mean (SD), years

63 (18)

Sex, n (%)

 

  Female

6 (16.2)

  Male

31 (83.8)

Initial BP (mm Hg)

 

Initial CO-Hb, mean (SD), %

13 (14)

Initial BE, mean (SD)

-3.5 (6.1)

Interval between SII and CT examination, mean (SD), minutes

98 (36)

Interval between admission and CT examination, mean (SD), minutes

79 (37)

Initial 24-hour fluid volume, mean (SD), milliliters

5,684 (4,092)

Associated injury

 

 Burns

8

  TBSA, mean (SD), %

11.5 (8.7)

  3rd degree burn, mean (SD), %

10.5 (9.0)

 Trauma

1

  1. BE, base excess; BP, blood pressure; CO-Hb, carboxyhemoglobin; CT, computed tomography; SD, standard deviation; SII, smoke-inhalation injury; TBSA, total burn surface area.