Surgical management and outcomes of severe gastrointestinal injuries due to corrosive ingestion

Table 2 Factors predicting mortality following severe corrosive injuries

Factor	No mortality	Mortality	P value
Interval between corrosive ingestion and surgery
Less than 24 h	10	0	0.005
More than 24 h	1	2
Metabolic acidosis at initial presentation
No	9	0	0.021
Yes	2	2
Renal failure at initial presentation
No	11	0	0.000
Yes	0	2
Associated organ injury
No splenic injury	10	2	0.657
Splenic injury	1	0
No duodenal injury	7	0	0.097
Duodenal injury	4	2
No pancreatic injury	11	1	0.015
Pancreatic injury	0	1

χ² test used for categorical data using SPSS version 17.