Research Article
The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank
Table 5
Table showing the hospital outcomes of the trauma patients who developed sepsis during their hospital stay.
| | | Total | Died | value | | N = 1782 | No (N = 1215) | Yes (N = 567) |
| | ED discharge disposition | | | | 0.066 | | Floor bed (general admission, nonspecialty unit bed) | 345 (19.4%) | 251 (20.7%) | 94 (16.6%) | | | Observation unit (unit that provides <24 hour stays) | 18 (1.0%) | 11 (0.9%) | 7 (1.2%) | | | Telemetry/step-down unit (less acuity than ICU) | 106 (5.9%) | 65 (5.3%) | 41 (7.2%) | | | Operating room | 491 (27.6%) | 345 (28.4%) | 146 (25.7%) | | | Intensive care unit (ICU) | 819 (46.0%) | 540 (44.4%) | 279 (49.2%) | | | Home without services | 3 (0.2%) | 3 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | | | Length of stay (days) | 29.13 ± 28.28 | 33.26 ± 29.38 | 19.59 ± 22.91 | <0.001 | | Total ICU length of stay (days) | 18.87 ± 17.59 | 20.69 ± 18.39 | 15.28 ± 15.30 | <0.001 | | Total vent days | 15.95 ± 15.89 | 17.14 ± 15.77 | 13.89 ± 15.93 | <0.001 |
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Indicates that Fisher’s exact was used to calculate the value. Indicates that the Mann–Whitney test was used to calculate the value. |
