Table 1 |
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Patient demographics and injury characteristics |
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Total patients |
45 |
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Mean Age |
27 years (SD: 8.69) |
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Male |
87% |
|
Median Injury Severity Score |
20 (range: 9-41) |
|
Hemodynamic Instability |
49% |
|
Median Length of Stay (hospital) |
22 days (range: 0-108) |
|
Median Length of Stay (ICU) |
12 days (range: 1-107) |
|
Mortality |
24% |
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Penetrating Mechanism of Injury |
89% |
|
Gunshot Wounds |
24 |
|
Stab Wounds |
16 |
|
Pedestrians Struck |
3 |
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Motor Vehicle Collisions |
2 |
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Associated Intraabdominal Injuries |
|
|
Liver |
38 |
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Large Bowel |
18 |
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Kidney |
12 |
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Pancreas |
10 |
|
Small Bowel |
8 |
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Stomach |
7 |
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Abdominal Vascular |
5 |
|
Extrahepatic Biliary Tree |
3 |
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Spleen |
1 |
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Associated Non-Intraabdominal Injuries |
|
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Extremity Non-Vascular |
11 |
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Extremity Vascular |
5 |
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Traumatic Brain Injuries |
4 |
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Pulmonary |
3 |
|
Extremity Fractures |
2 |
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Cardiac |
1 |
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Ball et al. Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes 2010 4:3 doi:10.1186/1752-2897-4-3 |
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