Research Article

Are Intoxicated Trauma Patients at an Increased Risk for Intraoperative Anesthetic Complications? A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample.

VariableTotal sample (n = 847)Urine toxicology positive (n = 328)Urine toxicology negative (n = 519) value

Age51.2 ± 23.543.8 ± 20.656.0 ± 24.0<0.001
Sex
 Female282 (33.3%)82 (25.0%)200 (38.54%)<0.001
 Male565 (66.71%)246 (75.0%)319 (61.46%)
Body mass index26.8 ± 6.027.0 ± 6.126.7 ± 5.90.6000
Hospital length of stay (days)10.4 ± 14.410.9 ± 14.710.1 ± 14.30.3860
Injury severity score13.8 ± 10.415.2 ± 11.112.9 ± 9.90.0026
Revised trauma score7.4 ± 1.27.3 ± 1.47.6 ± 1.00.0008
Probability of survival0.9 ± 0.20.9 ± 0.20.9 ± 0.20.1122
Systolic blood pressure135.5 ± 30.6129.3 ± 30.2139.4 ± 30.2<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure79.5 ± 19.278.0 ± 19.780.5 ± 18.90.0700
Heart rate89.8 ± 20.093.4 ± 21.687.5 ± 18.5<0.001
Glasgow coma scale13.8 ± 3.213.1 ± 3.714.1 ± 2.7<0.001
Sodium144.9 ± 129140.7 ± 3.2142.6 ± 55.70.4440
Potassium4.4 ± 10.54.9 ± 16.84.1 ± 0.60.4330
Chloride105.9 ± 31.4105.6 ± 4.5106.2 ± 40.00.7100
Creatinine24.5 ± 7.823.4 ± 3.825.2 ± 9.5<0.001
Blood urea nitrogen18.1 ± 10.215.1 ± 7.420.0 ± 11.2<0.001
Glucose137.8 ± 55.6132.9 ± 45.4140.9 ± 61.10.0305

Values are expressed as mean ± sd or n (%). .