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Table 1 Patients’ short-term outcomes

From: Patterns and outcomes of patients with abdominal trauma on operative management from northern Tanzania: a prospective single centre observational study

Patients Outcomes

n

%

SSI

20

28

Anaemia

15

21

Systolic blood pressure

 <90 (shock)

41

30.1

 Burst abdomen

3

5.3

 Intestinal obstruction

3

5.3

 Paralytic ileus

3

5.3

 Comatose

1

1.8

 UTI

3

5.3

 Intra-abdominal abscesses

2

3.5

 Convulsions

2

3.5

 Wound re-bleed

2

3.5

 Pneumonia

2

3.5

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