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Table 3 Hospitalized patients admitted to the ICU versus not admitted to the ICU after trauma, with hospital course complications by type a, National Trauma Data Bank, 2013*

From: Complications and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients treated in intensive care units in the United States, 2013

 

Admitted to ICU, weighted frequency (%)

Not Admitted to ICU, weighted frequency (%)

Acute Kidney Injury

20,593 (2.0)

3192 (0.3)

ARDS

45,280 (4.4)

1570 (0.1)

Cardiac Arrest

21,145 (2.1)

4559 (0.4)

Cerebrovascular Accident

21,504 (2.1)

22,046 (2.1)

Decubitus Ulcer

23,160 (2.3)

1390 (0.1)

Deep Vein Thrombosis

43,283 (4.2)

4155 (0.4)

Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal

23,061 (2.2)

7291 (0.7)

Myocardial Infarction

5771 (0.6)

994 (0.1)

Pneumonia

112,221 (10.9)

6300 (0.6)

Pulmonary Embolism

12,759 (1.2)

1968 (0.2)

Unplanned Intubation

25,586 (2.5)

267 (0.0)

Urinary Tract Infection

48,695 (4.7)

10,587 (0.9)

Sepsis

15,476 (1.5)

478 (0.0)

Total

232,618 (22.6)

30,350 (2.8)

  1. ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome
  2. *Differences between those admitted to ICU and those not admitted to ICU different in all categories, significant at p < 0.001
  3. aPatients may have developed more than one complication