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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in both groups

From: Factors affecting and effects of hemodynamic stability of pediatric patients with grades 3–5 renal trauma: a prospective non-randomized comparative study

Variables

Stable group (N = 28)

Unstable group (N = 15)

p value

Mean ± SD, Median (range) or Number (percentage)

Age (years)

9.5 ± 4.4

9.7 ± 5

0.892

Gender

Male

17 (60.7%)

9 (60%)

0.964

Female

11 (39.3%)

6 (40%)

BMI (kg/m2)

24.4 ± 2.6

24.4 ± 2.5

0.951

Anatomical side of trauma

Right

13 (46.4%)

8 (53.3%)

0.666

Left

15 (53.6%)

7 (46.7%)

Etiological type of trauma

Animal kick

4 (14.3%)

3 (20%)

0.929

Motor car accident

12 (42.9%)

7 (46.7%)

Fall from a height

12 (42.9%)

5 (33.3%)

Degree of hematuria

Clear

14 (50%)

6 (40%)

0.122

Mild

9 (32.1%)

3 (20%)

Moderate

3 (10.7%)

6 (40%)

Deep

2 (7.1%)

0 (0%)

Blood pressure

Systolic

101.6 ± 5.8

88 ± 4.1

< 0.001

Diastolic

70.2 ± 6.9

60 ± 11.2

0.001

Hemoglobin level

11.4 ± 1.2

10.7 ± 1.7

0.091

Hematocrit value

32.6 ± 4.2

30.9 ± 4.2

0.199

Serum creatinine

0.97 ± 0.25

0.97 ± 0.28

0.958

Perinephric hematoma by detection

Left side

11 (39.3%)

8 (53.3%)

0.556

Right side

14 (50%)

7 (46.7%)

0.721

Grade of trauma by CECT

Grade 3

14 (50%)

3 (20%)

0.118

Grade 4

9 (32.1%)

6 (40%)

Grade 5

5 (17.9%)

6 (40%)

Major vascular injuriesa

2 (7.1%)

3 (20%)

0.211

Size of perinephric hematoma (cm)

2.3 (0.2–9.3)

4.3 (1.5–7.5)

0.085

  1. BMI: body mass index, CECT: contrast-enhanced computed tomography
  2. aIn the stable group, these injuries included injury of segmental arteries in the two cases. In the unstable group, however, they included thrombosis of the main renal artery in one case and injury of segmental arteries in two cases