Table 5 |
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Select parameters compared with alkali and acid ingestion groups |
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Variables |
Alkali (n = 96) |
Acid |
P† |
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HCL (n = 94) |
Other acid (n = 83) |
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Hospital Stay (days) |
8 (4,16) |
8 (3,14) |
7 (3,13) |
0.0419* |
|
Expired |
6 (6.25) |
18 (6.59) |
7(8.43) |
0.8073 |
|
Time to Expired (days) |
15 (11–16) |
15.5 (11–23) |
22 (13–32) |
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ICU Admission |
12 (12.50) |
29 (10.62) |
8 (9.64) |
0.5074 |
|
Systemic Complication |
27 (28.13) |
56 (20.51) |
13 (15.66) |
0.0525 |
|
Aspiration Pneumonia |
13 (13.54) |
31 (11.36) |
8 (9.64) |
0.5188 |
|
Respiratory Failure |
10 (10.42) |
21 (7.69) |
6 (7.23) |
0.1874 |
|
DIC |
4 (4.17) |
10 (3.66) |
4 (4.82) |
0.4754 |
|
Hepatic |
7 (7.29) |
10 (3.66) |
1 (1.20) |
0.0511 |
|
Renal |
3 (3.13) |
7 (2.56) |
2 (2.41) |
0.6618 |
|
GI Complication |
36 (37.50) |
76 (27.84) |
15 (18.07) |
0.0818 |
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Stricture |
31 (32.29) |
66 (27.84) |
12 (14.46) |
0.1855 |
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Bleeding |
7 (7.29) |
13 (4.76) |
3 (3.61) |
0.1776 |
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Perforation |
4 (4.17) |
6 (2.20) |
2 (2.41) |
0.0728 |
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Fistula |
1 (1.04) |
2 (0.73) |
1 (1.20) |
0.4492 |
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†Wald's Chi-Square test * P < 0.05 statistical significance Data presented as median (range) or number (%). |
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Cheng et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:31 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-31 |
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