From: Determinants and time to blood transfusion among thermal burn patients admitted to Mulago Hospital
Variable | HR | p value | 95% confidence interval |
---|---|---|---|
Multivariate analysis | |||
Cause of burn | |||
Scalds | 1.00 | – | – |
Flame | 0.880 | 0.850 | 0.234–3.304 |
Inhalation injury | |||
Absent | 1.00 | – | – |
Present | 2.430 | 0.251 | 0.534–11.068 |
Sex | |||
Male | 1.00 | – | – |
Female | 1.323 | 0.571 | 0.503–3.477 |
Percentage of body burnt | |||
<20 | 1.00 | – | – |
>20 | 3.340 | 0.049 | 1.005–11.102 |
Pre-existing illness | |||
Yes | 1.00 | – | – |
No | 0.103 | 0.046 | 0.011–0.959 |
Body mass index | |||
(18.5–25 kg/m2) normal | 1.00 | – | – |
Above normal | 1.211 | 0.765 | 0.344–4.268 |
Below normal | 3.724 | 0.021 | 1.220–11.367 |
Ward | |||
ICU | 1.00 | – | – |
Holland | 0.153 | 0.001 | 0.051–0.458 |
Low haemoglobin | |||
Yes | 1.00 | – | – |
No | 0.695 | 0.644 | 0.149–3.240 |
Source of infection | |||
Yes | 1.00 | – | – |
No | 0.808 | 0.746 | 0.223–2.928 |
Surgical procedures | |||
Yes | 1.00 | – | – |
No | 0.509 | 0.246 | 0.163–1.594 |
Deranged WBC during admission | |||
Yes | 1.00 | – | – |
No | 0.295 | 0.057 | 0.084–1.035 |