Research Article
Emergency Ultrasound Predicting the Need for Therapeutic Laparotomy among Blunt Abdominal Trauma Patients in a Sub-Saharan African Hospital
Table 3
Comparison of the fatalities and survivors.
| | Injuries | Patient status | OR (95% CI) | value | | Alive | Died | | Number (%) | Number (%) |
| | Bruises | 66 (47) | 21 (66) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | 0.063 | | Abrasions | 30 (21) | 8 (25) | 0.8 (0.3–2.0) | 0.661 | | Lacerations | 79 (56) | 18 (56) | 1.0 (0.5–2.2) | 0.985 | | Cuts | 10 (7) | 3 (9) | 0.7 (0.2–2.9) | 0.667 | | Burns | 2 (1) | 1 (3) | 0.5 (0.1–5.1) | 0.519 | | Abdominal | 43 (30) | 7 (22) | 1.6 (0.6–3.9) | 0.334 | | Chest | 16 (11) | 6 (19) | 0.6 (0.2–1.6) | 0.262 | | Others | 120 (86) | 23 (74) | 2.2 (0.9–5.6) | 0.100 | Standard of care
laparotomy | 17 (11) | 6 (18) | 1.6 (0.6–4.9) | 0.370 | | SSORTT score | | | | | | 0 | 123 | 18 | — | — | | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | — | | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | — | | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | — | | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | — | | Glasgow coma score | | | | | | Severe | 13 | 21 | — | — | | Moderate | 21 | 9 | — | — | | Mild | 125 | 3 | — | — |
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