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Table 1 Characteristics of stab-injured patients

From: Penetrating stab injuries in Iceland: a whole-nation study on incidence and outcome in patients hospitalized for penetrating stab injuries

 

n (%)

Range

Number of patients

73

 

Mean age, years

32.6

18–68

Number of males

66 (90.4)

 

Anatomic site of injury

  

 Head/face/neck

21 (17.4)

 

 Thorax

32 (26.4)

 

 Abdomen

26 (21.5)

 

 Back

6 (5.0)

 

 Upper limbs

26 (21.5)

 

 Lower limbs/pelvis

10 (8.3)

 

Number of patients operated on

47 (64.4)

 

Number of patients requiring ICU admission

26 (35.6)

 

Median ISS

9

1–75

Median NISS

9

1–75

Median total hospital stay, days

2

0–53

Median length of ICU admission, days

1

1–38

30-day mortality

3 (4.1)

 

Median ISS for patients who died

39

 
  1. ISS Injury Severity Score, NISS New Injury Severity Score, ICU intensive care unit