Table 1 Data on admission
From: Management of the injured bowel: preserving bowel continuity as a gold standard
n (%) | |
|---|---|
Patients | |
Male sex | 108 (81%) |
Median age (years) | 33.4 [11–79] |
Type of trauma | |
Blunt | 53 (40%) |
Stab wounds | 54 (40%) |
Gunshot wounds | 26 (20%) |
Severity of trauma | |
Median ISS | 17 [4–75] |
Median NISS | 25 [9–75] |
Delay to surgery | |
Median time (h) | 3 [1–96] |
Patients over the 6-h limit | 30 (23%) |
Bowel injuries | |
Small bowel injuries | 104 (78%) |
Colon injuries | 62 (47%) |
Associated injuries | |
None | 40 (30%) |
Thorax | 45 (35%) |
Limb or pelvic bones | 43 (32%) |
Abdominal solid viscus (liver, spleen, pancreas) | 34 (26%) |
Large blood vessels | 26 (20%) |
Spine injury | 25 (19%) |
Urinary tract | 25 (19%) |
Other abdominal hollow viscus | 14 (10%) |
Stomach | 11 |
Duodenum | 1 |
Rectum/anus | 2 |
Face | 13 (10%) |
Central Nervous System | 12 (9%) |
Hemodynamic status on admission | |
Shock (SAP < 90 mmHg and/or need for vasopressor use) | 38 (29%) |
Vascular expansion (mL, mean and SD) | 5091 (SD 3025) |
Transfusion (RBC units, mean and SD) | 4 (SD 7.5) |
Polytransfusion (over 6 RBC units in the first 24 h) | 26 (20%) |