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Table 6 Location of death of the 209 patients in the PFx group.

From: Patients with pelvic fractures due to falls: A paradigm that contributed to autopsy-based audit of trauma in Greece

 

PFx group

Control group

Location of death

n

%

Median ISS (range)

n

%

Median ISS (range)

Found dead

132

63.2

57 (24-75)

256

33.6

41 (5-75)

Dead on arrival

15

7.1

38 (19-75)

69

9.1

19 (1-75)

Emergency department death

37

17.7

43 (22-75)

53

7

29 (3-75)

Operating room death

10

4.8

43 (22-75)

10

1.3

34.5 (10-54)

Intensive care unit death

11

5.3

34 (17-50)

126

16.6

26 (9-75)

Ward death

4

1.9

32 (17-50)

226

29.7

18 (1-59)

*Secondary death

0

0

0

21

2.8

9 (4-54)

Total

209

100

50 (17-75)

761

100

26 (1-75)

  1. *Secondary deaths were defined as those that occurred after the discharge of the patient from the hospital. ISS: Injury Severity Score; PFx: pelvic fracture.