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 |
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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 |