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Table 1 Demographic data of patients after caustic ingestion

From: Acute emergency care and airway management of caustic ingestion in adults: single center observational study

 

Total (n = 28)

Survivors (n = 23)

Non-survivors (n = 5)

P

Age, years; median (interquartile range)

44,5 (31;56)

45 (31;54)

44 (43;85)

0.294

Male; n (%)

16 (57)

14 (61)

2 (40)

0.412

Ingested agents; n (%)

0.935

 alkalis

22 (79)

18 (78)

4 (80)

 

 acids

6 (21)

5 (22)

1 (20)

 

Intention; n (%)

   

0.437

 suicidal

18 (64)

14 (60)

4 (80)

 

 accidental

10 (35)

9 (39)

1 (20)

 

Psychiatric diagnosis; n (%)

   

0.092

 Yes, schizophrenia

3 (10)

1 (4)

2 (40)

 

 Yes, depression

6 (21)

5 (21)

1 (20)

 

 No, affect, appellative

10 (35)

9 (39)

1 (20)

 

 No, mental healthy

9 (32)

8 (34)

1 (20)

 

Previous suicide attempts; n (%)

6 (21)

3 (13)

3 (60)

0.437

History of alcoholism; n (%)

7 (25)

6 (26)

1 (20)

0.266

Tracheal intubation; n (%)

14 (50)

9 (39)

5 (100)

0.012

Tracheotomy; n (%)

7 (25)

4a (17)

3 (60)

0.048

Mechanical ventilation, days; mean (SD)

9.93 (10.48)

6.5 (9.14)

16 (10.89)

0.108

Bronchoscopy; n (%)

12 (40)

11 (47.8)

4 (80)

0.068

Otolaryngology examination; n (%)

13 (46)

10 (43)

3 (60)

0.520

EGD, n (%)

21 (75)

17 (61)

4 (80)

0.786

Zargar score

   

0.006

 grade I; n (%)

2 (10)

2 (12)

0 (0)

 

 grade IIa; n (%)

5 (24)

5 (29)

0 (0)

 

 grade IIb; n (%)

8 (38)

7 (41)

1 (25)

 

 grade IIIa; n (%)

2 (10)

2 (12)

0 (0)

 

 grade IIIb; n (%)

4 (19)

1 (6)

3 (75)

 

CT diagnostic; n (%)

11 (39)

6 (26)

5 (100)

0.001

Emergency surgery

5 (17)

2 (8)

3 (60)

0.005

LOS ICU, days; mean (SD)

8.57 (12.12)

8.60 (9.93)

22.20 (19.36)

0.128

LOS hospital, days; mean (SD)

17.35 (20.31)

15.08 (19.97)

27.60 (20.60)

0.123

  1. SD standard deviation, aone patient undergoing awake tracheotomy in the emergency department, EGD Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (Zargar classification [7]), CT computed tomography, LOS length of stay, ICU intensive care unit