From: Non-iatrogenic esophageal injury: a retrospective analysis from the National Trauma Data Bank
Total | Thoracic | Cervical | |||||
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(n = 944) | (n = 613) | (n = 331) | p | ||||
Mortality | 113 | (12.0) | 86 | (14.0) | 27 | (8.2) | 0.008 |
1-day mortality | 71 | (7.5) | 57 | (9.3) | 14 | (4.2) | 0.005 |
30-day mortality | 109 | (11.5) | 83 | (13.5) | 26 | (7.9) | 0.009 |
Mechanical ventilation (days)a, median (IQR) | 5 | (2–14) | 6 | (2–15) | 4 | (2–11) | 0.124 |
ICU stay (days)a, median (IQR) | 7 | (3–15) | 7 | (3–16) | 6 | (3–13) | 0.157 |
Hospital length of stay (days)a, median (IQR) | 12 | (5–23) | 13 | (5–25) | 11 | (5–22) | 0.131 |
Complicationsb | |||||||
Acute kidney injury | 19 | (2.5) | 12 | (2.5) | 7 | (2.5) | 0.998 |
ARDS | 43 | (5.7) | 31 | (6.5) | 12 | (4.3) | 0.21 |
Deep SSI | 19 | (2.5) | 14 | (2.9) | 5 | (1.8) | 0.334 |
Pneumonia | 61 | (8.1) | 45 | (9.5) | 16 | (5.8) | 0.072 |
DVT | 27 | (3.6) | 20 | (4.2) | 7 | (2.5) | 0.23 |
Sepsis | 26 | (3.4) | 23 | (4.8) | 3 | (1.1) | 0.006 |
PE | 12 | (1.6) | 12 | (2.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.008 |
Cardiac arrest | 16 | (2.1) | 10 | (2.1) | 6 | (2.2) | 0.958 |
Organ/space SSI | 17 | (2.3) | 12 | (2.5) | 5 | (1.8) | 0.519 |
Stroke/CVA | 8 | (1.1) | 6 | (1.3) | 2 | (0.7) | 0.717 |
Superficial SSI | 20 | (2.7) | 15 | (3.2) | 5 | (1.8) | 0.265 |
UTI | 25 | (3.3) | 16 | (3.4) | 9 | (3.2) | 0.927 |
Catheter related Blood infection | 3 | (0.4) | 2 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.4) | 1 |
Overall complication | 184 | (24.4) | 129 | (27.1) | 55 | (19.8) | 0.024 |
Overall infectious complication | 127 | (16.8) | 88 | (18.5) | 39 | (14.0) | 0.115 |