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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with and without dysnatremia

From: Incidence and outcomes of dysnatremia in crush injury patients admitted to Türkiye’s largest hospital following the Kahramanmaraş earthquake

 

Normonatraemia

n = 304

Dysnatremia

n = 118

p-value

Ward Length of Stay

8.5 (4–41)

28 (8.75–48.25)

< 0.001*

ICU Length of Stay

0 (0-3.5)

6 (1.5–11)

< 0.001*

Hospital Length of Stay

16 (6.5–44.5)

46 (18.75–64.25)

< 0.001*

GCS

15 (15–15)

15 (15–15)

0.003*

MESS

4 (2–6)

6 (4–8)

< 0.001*

RTS

7.84 (7.84–7.84)

7.84 (7.84–7.84)

0.300

ISS

11 (6-14.5)

13 (10.5–17)

< 0.001*

TRISS

99.55 (98.87–99.59)

98.87 (98.87–99.57)

0.008*

Time Under the Ruins (hours)

4.25 (0.25–11.75)

8 (2-21.25)

0.083

Multiple Extremity Trauma (n, %)

99 (%32.6)

62 (%52.5)

< 0.001*

Crush Syndrome (n, %)

134 (%44.1)

82 (%69.5)

< 0.001*

Dialysis (n, %)

13 (%4.3)

35 (%29.7)

< 0.001*

Fasciotomies (n, %)

42 (%14)

36 (%30.5)

< 0.001*

Amputations (n, %)

13 (%4.3)

18 (%15.3)

< 0.001*

Mortality (n, %)

8 (2.6)

11 (%9.3)

0.003*

  1. ICU: Intensive care unit
  2. GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale
  3. MESS: Mangled Extremity Severity Score
  4. RTS: Revised Trauma Score
  5. ISS: Injury Severity Score
  6. TRISS: Trauma and Injury Severity Score