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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Sample (N = 82)

From: Predictors of hospital-acquired pressure injuries in patients with complete spinal cord injury: a retrospective case–control study

 

#

%

  

Presence of Pressure Injury

30

37%

  

Received Spine Surgery

60

73%

  

Male Gender

73

89%

  

Minimum Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) Order > 80 mmHg

64

78%

  

Vasopressor Treatment Received

 Epinephrine

5

6%

  

 Norepinephrine

82

100%

  

 Vasopressin

22

27%

  

 Phenylephrine

5

6%

  

 Dopamine

6

7%

  

Location of Spinal Cord Injury

    

 Cervical

48

59%

  

 Thoracic

34

41%

  

Comorbidity Historya

    

 Diabetes

14

17%

  

 Peripheral Artery Disease

9

11%

  

 Cardiovascular Disease

18

22%

  
 

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Deviation

Age

16

87

50.6

21.3

Injury Severity Score (higher = greater severity)

15

75

33.1

11.8

Hospital Length of Stay in Days

1

411

52.8

63.4

Mean Rate of Norepinephrine Infusion (mcg/min)

1.3

20.9

6.0

3.8

Total Duration of Norepinephrine Infusion (hours)

2.0

4880.3

204.4

540.9

  1. aThose missing a value on these conditions (2 < = N < = 3) were treated as not having a history of the condition