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Table 5 Comparison between MV patients and non-MV among patients with ILI

From: First-day computed tomography: does it has a role in the assessment of patients with inhalation lung injury?

Studied variables

MV patients (N = 30)

Non-MV patients (N = 18)

Test of sig

P value

Age/years

53.1 ± 14.2

39.8 ± 10.9

t-test = 

3.39

0.001*

Gender

N(%)

N(%)

  

 Male

10(33.3)

11(61.1)

X2 = 

3.52

0.060

 Female

20(66.7)

7(38.9)

Smoking

 Yes

9(30.0)

8(44.4)

X2 = 

1.02

0.311

 No

21(70.0)

10(55.6)

Comorbidities

 No

9(30.0)

17(94.4)

X2 = 

19.1

0.002*

 Diabetes Mellitus

7(23.3)

1(5.60)

 Hypertension

2(6.70)

0(0.00)

 Ischemic heart diseases

5(16.7)

0(0.00)

 Other heart diseases

7(23.3)

0(0.00)

Chronic chest disease

 Yes

9(30.0)

0(0.00)

FE = 

6.64

0.018*

 No

21(70.0)

18(100)

Laboratory investigations

 WBC

13.3 ± 3.84

12.6 ± 3.82

t-test = 

0.624

0.535

 Hb%

10.2 ± 2.02

12.7 ± 1.97

t-test = 

4.24

0.001*

 Creatinine

1.66 ± 0.75

1.25 ± 0.82

U = 

1.96

0.049 *

 BUN

63.1 ± 16.5

47.3 ± 4.93

t-test = 

3.92

0.001*

 Albumin

2.20 ± 0.65

2.62 ± 0.79

t-test = 

2.00

0.051

 pH

7.27 ± 0.14

7.28 ± 0.21

t-test = 

0.281

0.781

 PaO2

49.7 ± 5.50

55.6 ± 5.63

t-test = 

3.55

0.001*

 SaO2

73.5 ± 5.23

80.9 ± 4.64

t-test = 

4.91

0.001*

 PaCO2

38.1 ± 10.1

38.8 ± 3.44

t-test = 

0.344

0.732

 HCO3

16.4 ± 4.09

22.1 ± 1.93

t-test = 

6.42

0.001*

 RADS

6.97 ± 2.05

5.79 ± 1.45

U = 

1.90

0.057

 BWT

2.40 ± 0.68

1.65 ± 0.21

t-test = 

5.49

0.001*

 Anion gap

17.6 ± 8.02

6.55 ± 2.03

U = 

4.89

0.001*

% of burn

29.9 ± 7.59

21.5 ± 2.85

t-test = 

5.49

0.001*

CXR

 Normal

11(36.7)

17(94.4)

X2

15.5

0.001

 Bronchopneumonia

4(13.3)

0(0.00)

 Increased BVM

15(50.0)

1(5.60)

  1. FE Fisher exact test, U Mann Whitney test, X2 Chi-squared test
  2. *Significant