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Table VIII. Showing main injury, primary cause of death and time from arrival at Reykjavík City Hospital till death.
ICU trauma patients 1975-1979.
Head/neck injury Time from arrival till death
Primary cause of death <3 hours 4-24 hours 2-7 days 8-30 days Later All
Brain injury 4 12 14 6 2 38
Sepsis 1 1
Pneumonia 1 1
Aspiration pneumonia 1 1
Pulmonary embolism 1 1
Sudden cardiac arrest 1 1
Laceration of cervical spinal cord 1 1
Main injury - head/neck 4 12 15 8 5 44
Thoracal injury Time from arrival till death
Primary cause of death <3 hours 4-24 hours 2-7 days 8-30 days Later All
Intra thoracal hemorrhage 2 1 3
Pericardial tamponade 1 1
Thoraco-abdominal hemorrhage 1 1
Main iniury - thoracal 4 1 5
Abdominal injury Time from arrival till death
Primary cause of death <3 hours 4-24 hours 2-7 days 8-30 days Later All
Intraabdominal hemorrhage 1 1 2
Multiple organ failure 1 1
Sepsis (gunshot wound) 1 1
Main injury - abdominal 1 1 2 4
Facial injury Tme from arrival till death
Primary cause of death <3 hours 4-24 hours 2-7 days 8-30 days Later All
ARDS 1 1
Main injury - facial 1 1
Extremeties Time from arrival till death
Primary cause of death <3 hours 4-24 hours 2-7 days 8-30 days Later All
Pneumonia 1 1
Main injury - extremeties 1 1
——o— Age >45
Age 0-44
---•—Total
Fig. 11. Mortality in differenl groups of ISS among those
aged 0-44, 45 years or more and all ages. ICU trauma
patients 1975-1979.
%
0-19 20-29 30-39 50 75 ISS
0 Home
□ Institution
■ Dead
Fig. 12. Outcome (death, institution, liome) in 5 ISS
groups. ICU trauma patients 1975-1979.
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