Table 3 Clinical manifestations of patients with charcoal burning suicide, stratified according to status of renal damage as acute kidney injury (creatinine 1.2 mg/dL) or non-acute kidney injury (creatinine < 1.2 mg/dL) group (N = 126).

From: Acute Kidney Injury Predicts Mortality after Charcoal Burning Suicide

Variable

Acute kidney injury (N = 49)

Non-acute kidney injury (N = 77)

P value

Glasgow Coma Scale

 Severe injury (3–8), n (%)

28 (57.1)

29 (37.7)

0.135

 Moderate injury (9–12), n (%)

4 (8.2)

11 (14.3)

 

 Mild injury (13–15), n (%)

17 (34.7)

35 (45.5)

 

 Fever, n (%)

20 (40.8)

15 (19.5)

0.009**

 Acute respiratory failure, n (%)

24 (49.0)

17 (22.1)

0.002**

 Acute myocardial injury, n (%)

21 (42.9)

20 (26.0)

0.049*

 Acute hepatic injury, n (%)

27 (55.1)

17 (22.1)

<0.001***

 Acute rhabdomyolysis, n (%)

24 (49.0)

24 (31.2)

0.045*

 Acute gastrointestinal upset, n (%)

6 (12.2)

4 (5.2)

0.154

 Stroke, n (%)

5 (10.2)

3 (3.9)

0.157

 Shock, n (%)

5 (10.2)

3 (3.9)

0.157

 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, n (%)

3 (6.1)

0 (0)

0.028*

 Burn injury (%)

0.9 ± 2.5

0.3 ± 1.5

0.112

 Neuropsychological impairment, n (%)

21 (42.9)

26 (33.8)

0.538

  1. Note: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.