Table 2 |
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Survival Following Emergency Department Thoracotomy in Adults |
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| Injury Pattern |
Shock |
No Vital Signs |
No Signs Of Life |
Total |
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| Cardiac |
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| Denver (57) |
3/9 (33%) |
0/7 (0%) |
1/53 (2%) |
4/69 (6%) |
| Detroit (58) |
9/42 (21%) |
3/110 (3%) |
12/152 (8%) |
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| Johannesburg (59) |
13/108 (12%) |
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| Los Angeles (60) |
2/5 (40%) |
6/11 (55%) |
2/55 (4%) |
10/71 (14%) |
| New York (61) |
7/20 (35%) |
18/53 (32%) |
0/18 (0%) |
24/91 (26%) |
| San Francisco (62) |
18/37 (49%) |
0/25 (0%) |
18/63 (29%) |
|
| Seattle (63) |
4/11 (36%) |
11/47 (23%) |
15/58 (26%) |
|
| Overall |
43/124 (35%) |
47/254 (19%) |
4/126 (3%) |
96/612 (16%) |
| Penetrating |
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| Denver (15) |
19/78 (24%) |
14/399 (4%) |
33/477 (7%) |
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| Detroit (58) |
9/42 (21%) |
3/110 (3%) |
12/152 (8%) |
|
| Houston (64) |
14/156 (9%) |
18/162 (11%) |
32/318 (10%) |
|
| Indianapolis (65) |
3/7 (43%) |
1/50 (2%) |
0/80 (0%) |
4/137 (3%) |
| Johannesburg (59) |
31/413 (8%) |
10/149 (7%) |
1/108 (1%) |
42/670 (6%) |
| Los Angeles (60) |
2/5 (40%) |
6/11 (55%) |
2/55 (4%) |
10/71 (14%) |
| New York (66) |
8/32 (25%) |
8/77 (10%) |
0/25 (0%) |
16/134 (12%) |
| Oakland (67) |
8/24 (33%) |
2/228 (1%) |
10/252 (4%) |
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| San Francisco (62) |
32/198 (30%) |
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| Seattle (63) |
4/11 (36%) |
11/47 (23%) |
15/58 (25%) |
|
| Washington (68) |
7/13 (54%) |
3/47 (6%) |
10/60 (17%) |
|
| Overall |
145/1007 (14%) |
100/1252 (8%) |
6/615 (1%) |
283/2986 (10%) |
| Blunt |
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| Denver (15) |
4/86 (5%) |
4/311 (1%) |
8/397 (2%) |
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| Houston (64) |
0/42 (0%) |
0/27 (0%) |
0/69 (0%) |
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| Johannesburg (59) |
1/109 (1%) |
0/39 (0%) |
0/28 (0%) |
1/176 (1%) |
| San Francisco (62) |
1/60 (2%) |
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| Seattle (63) |
1/88 (1%) |
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| Overall |
5/237 (2%) |
4/377 (1%) |
0/28 (0%) |
11/790 (1.4%) |
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Cothren and Moore World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2006 1:4 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-1-4 |
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