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Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients in vascular injury and non-vascular injury groups

From: Bomb blast: imaging findings, treatment and clinical course of extremity traumas

  Vascular injury
(n = 13)
Non-vascular injury
(n = 88)
p Value
Gender (male) 11 (84.6) 65 (73.9) NS
Age (years) 32.6 ± 13.3 32.1 ± 12.7 NS
ISS 20.7 ± 9.6 11.1 ± 5.9 < 0.0001
ISS grouping
 Minor (1–8) 0 (0) 38 (43.2)  
 Moderate (9–15) 5 (38.5) 39 (44.3) < 0.001
 Severe (16–24) 1 (7.7) 10 (11.4)  
 Critical (25–75) 7 (53.8) 1 (1.1)  
LHS (mean of days ± S.D) 11.4 ± 8.2 7.1 ± 6.2 0.034
Hemoglobin (g/dL) at the time of presentation 9.8 ± 2.7 11. 8 ± 2.8 0.033
Creatinine (mg/dL) at the time of presentation 0.99 ± 0.36 0.68 ± 0.32 0.042
Mortality n (%) 7 (53.8) 6 (6.9) < 0.0001
  1. LHS length of hospital stay, ISS Injury severity score
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