Table 3 Primary site of infectious complications.

From: Risk of Infection and Sepsis in Pediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to Hospital Following Major Trauma

Primary Anatomic Site

TBI with Any Infection (n = 187)

NTBI with Any Infection (n = 55)

Unadjusted p-value

Respiratory

104 (55.6)

17 (30.9)

0.001

CNS

6 (3.2)

0

0.18

Intra-Abdominal

12 (6.4)

2 (3.6)

0.44

Genitourinary

49 (26.2)

11 (20)

0.35

Soft Tissue/Bone

29 (15.5)

10 (18.2)

0.64

Other/Unspecified

78 (41.7)

34 (61.8)

0.009

  1. TBI- Traumatic Brain Injury, NTBI- No Traumatic Brain Injury, CNS- Central Nervous System.
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