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Table 6 Relation between patient prognosis and different parameters in inhalation lung injury patients

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

Studied variables

Prognosis

Test of sig

P value

Died (N = 15)

Discharged (N = 33)

Age/years

63.8 ± 4.10

41.0 ± 11.6

t-test = 

7.38

0.001*

Gender

N(%)

N(%)

  

 Male

7(46.7)

14(42.4)

X2 = 

0.075

0.784

 Female

8(53.3

19(57.6)

Smoking

 Yes

6(40.0)

11(33.3)

X2 = 

0.200

0.654

NS

 No

9(60.0)

22(66.7)

Comorbidities

 No

1(6.70)

25(75.8)

X2 = 

23.8

0.001*

 Diabetes Mellitus

4(26.7)

4(12.1)

 Hypertension

2(13.3)

0(0.00)

 Ischemic heart diseases

4(26.7)

1(3.00)

 Other heart diseases

4(26.7)

3(9.10)

Chronic chest disease

 Yes

6(40.0)

3(9.10)

FE = 

6.64

0.018*

 No

9(60.0)

30(90.9)

Laboratory investigations

 WBC

14.1 ± 3.63

12.6 ± 3.85

t-test = 

1.24

0.221

 Hb%

9.64 ± 1.13

11.8 ± 2.41

t-test = 

3.41

0.001*

 Creatinine

2.14 ± 0.49

1.21 ± 0.73

t-test = 

5.12

0.001*

 BUN

76.0 ± 10.0

48.6 ± 7.96

t-test = 

9.33

0.001*

 Albumin

1.83 ± 0.17

2.60 ± 0.76

t-test = 

3.83

0.001*

 pH

7.19 ± 0.11

7.31 ± 0.17

t-test = 

2.91

0.017 *

 PaO2

46.7 ± 5.07

54.3 ± 5.16

t-test = 

4.72

0.001*

 SaO2

70.5 ± 4.16

78.9 ± 4.97

t-test = 

5.70

0.001*

 PaCO2

40.2 ± 13.5

37.6 ± 3.91

t-test = 

0.742

0.470

 HCO3

13.7 ± 2.25

20.8 ± 3.08

t-test = 

8.06

0.001*

 RADS

7.86 ± 2.12

5.92 ± 1.49

U = 

2.64

0.008*

 BWT

2.90 ± 0.47

1.76 ± 0.35

t-test = 

9.19

0.001*

 Anion gap

22.4 ± 4.95

9.39 ± 6.17

U = 

4.88

0.001*

% of burn

36.7 ± 3.10

22.2 ± 3.20

t-test = 

14.6

0.001*

CXR

 Normal

2(13.3)

26(78.8)

X2

21.0

0.001*

 Bronchopneumonia

4(26.7)

0(0.00)

 Increased BVM

9(60.0)

7(21.2)

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