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Table 1 Injury Characteristics and Outcomes of Emergently Intubated Patients

From: Attenuated hypocholesterolemia following severe trauma signals risk for late ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator dependency, and death: a retrospective study of consecutive patients

Characteristic

Data

Age (years)

42.5 ± 19

Male

113 (74.3%)

Ethanol Positive

48 (31.6%)

Smoker

53 (34.9%)

Blunt trauma

141 (92.8%)

ISS

28.1 ± 12.4

ISS ≥ 20

113 (74.3%)

Chest injury

72 (47.4%)

Head AIS

3.0 ± 2.0

Brain injury

104 (68.4%)

GCS

9.4 ± 4.5

GCS ≤ 8

74 (48.7%)

Shock

43 (28.3%)

RBC transfusion

53 (34.9%)

Day-one Hypoxemia

74 (48.7%)

VAP

76 (50.0%)

Expected TC (mg/dL)

197.5 ± 15.5

48-hour TC (mg/dL)

110.7 ± 30.3

Fractional TC

0.560 ± 0.15

TC Difference (mg/dL)

86.8 ± 29.5

Ventilator days

14.3 ± 10.7

ICU days

17.2 ± 10.5

Hospital LOS

20.4 ± 11.0

Death

15 (9.9%)

  1. ISS, Injury Severity Score; AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; GCS, Glasgow Coma Score; RBC, red blood cell; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; TC, total cholesterol; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay