From: Performance of pre-hospital evaluations in ruling out invasive chest stab wounds
Pre-hospital signs of IWs (n = 94) | No signs of IWs (n = 59) | p** | |
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No intervention, n (%) | 34(64) | 40(32) | < 0.01a |
Cardiothoracic surgery or chest tube, n (%) | 42(45) | 12(20) | < 0.01a |
Chest tube, n (%) | 28(30) | 6(10) | < 0.01a |
All-type surgery, n (%) | 42(45) | 16(27) | 0.03a |
Cardiothoracic surgery, n (%) | 21(22) | 8(14) | 0.18a |
Sternotomy, n (%) | 7(7) | 3(5) | 0.57b |
Thoracotomy, n (%) | 17(18) | 5(8) | 0.10a |
Cardiothoracic surgery alone, n (%) | 16(17) | 8(14) | 0.57a |
Abdominal procedurea, n (%) | 24(26) | 8(14) | 0.13a |
Abdominal procedure alonea, n (%) | 17(18) | 8(14) | 0.46a |
Abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery, n (%) | 3(3) | 0 | 0.07b |
Life-saving surgery, n (%) | 30(32) | 10(17) | 0.04a |
Surgery within 2 h of admission, n (%) | 38(40) | 10(17) | 0.02a |
Intubation for all causes, n (%) | 48(51) | 23(39) | 0.20a |
Intubation after arrival at hospital, n (%) | 40(43 | 23(39) | 0.66a |
Time to surgery** (from admission), med [IQR] | 1.5[1–2] | 2[1.9–4.3] | 0.01c |
Lactate blood level: peak (mmol/L), med [IQR] | 2.3[1–3] | 2[1.5–3] | 0.53c |
LOS in PACU, med [IQR] | 2[1–2] | 1[1–2] | 0.50c |
Discharge from PACU to home, n (%) | 20(23) | 23(40) | 0.04a |
Hospital LOS, med [IQR] | 5[3–9] | 3[2–6] | < 0.01c |
Transfusion, n (%) | 17(18) | 2(3) | 0.02a |
Haemoglobin level: minimum (g/L), med [IQR] | 120[105–130] | 128[115–138] | 0.02c |
Death, n (%) | 6(6) | 0 | 0.12b |