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Table 2 Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with penetrating cardiac injuries

From: Survival predictor for penetrating cardiac injury; a 10-year consecutive cohort from a scandinavian trauma center

Variables

Patients (n, %) n = 31

Male

26 (84 %)

Female

5 (16 %)

Age

28* (17–64)

Violence

22

Self-inflicted

6

Unknown

3

ISS

25* (21–35)

RTS

0* (0–6,9)

GCS

3* (3–13)

Ps

0,0152* (0,004-0,956)

  1. *denotes median (range)
  2. ISS, Injury Severity Score; RTS, Revised Trauma Score; Ps, Probability of Survival; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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