From: Indicators of the need for ICU admission following suicide bombing attacks
ICU LOS = 1 (n = 16) | ICU LOS > 1 (n = 66) | P value* | |
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Median ISS (IQR) | 14.5 (9-17) | 25 (16-34) | 0.0001† |
Injury to 4 or more regions | 6 (37.5) | 30 (45.5) | 0.78 |
Intubated in ED | 6 (37.5) | 38 (57.6) | 0.404 |
Burns | 6 (37.5) | 24 (36.4) | 1.0 |
Ear drum perforation | 4 (25) | 15 (22.7) | 1.0 |
Open extremity fractures | 3 (18.8) | 19 (28.8) | 0.539 |
Peripheral vascular injury | 2 (12.5) | 11 (16.7) | 1.0 |
Skull fractures | 1(6.3) | 15 (22.7) | 0.176 |
Facial fractures | 2 (12.5) | 15 (22.7) | 0.503 |
Rib fractures | 2 (12.5) | 9 (13.6) | 1.0 |
Penetrating extremity injury | 7 (43.8) | 32 (48.5) | 0.786 |
Penetrating head injury | 9(56.3) | 48 (72.7) | 0.233 |
Penetrating torso injury | 5 (31.3) | 35 (59.1) | 0.095 |