Table 1 Patient demographics and injury characteristics

Mean Age

27 years (SD: 8.69)

Male

87%

Median Injury Severity Score

20 (range: 9-41)

Hemodynamic Instability

49%

Median Length of Stay (hospital)

22 days (range: 0-108)

Median Length of Stay (ICU)

12 days (range: 1-107)

Mortality

24%

Penetrating Mechanism of Injury

89%

   Gunshot Wounds

24

   Stab Wounds

16

   Pedestrians Struck

3

   Motor Vehicle Collisions

2

Associated Intraabdominal Injuries

   Liver

38

   Large Bowel

18

   Kidney

12

   Pancreas

10

   Small Bowel

8

   Stomach

7

   Abdominal Vascular

5

   Extrahepatic Biliary Tree

3

   Spleen

1

Associated Non-Intraabdominal Injuries

   Extremity Non-Vascular

11

   Extremity Vascular

5

   Traumatic Brain Injuries

4

   Pulmonary

3

   Extremity Fractures

2

   Cardiac

1