Research Article

A TREM-1 Polymorphism A/T within the Exon 2 Is Associated with Pneumonia in Burn-Injured Patients

Table 2

Differences in clinical variables between patients when stratified into groups by the presence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) or absence ventilator-associated pneumonia (NPNA).

VariableVAPNVAP value

(%) total burn surface area32 (22–53)30 (20–45)0.08
(%) full thickness TBSA17 (5–35)6 (0–19)<0.001
Inhalation69 (37%)78 (21%)<0.001
Ventilator days18 (11–30)5 (2–10)<0.001
Burn Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay25 (15–44)3 (0–11)<0.001
Length of stay40 (24–60)14 (8–24)<0.001
Age37 (22–51)38 (26–51)0.19
Apache II12 (9–17)11 (6–18)0.25
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)85 (41%)34 (10%)<0.001
Sepsis158 (75%)91 (27%)<0.001
Complicated sepsis86 (41%)56 (17%)<0.001
Mortality30 (13%)44 (14%)0.72