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Table 2 Mortality among trauma patients treated in the intensive care unit

From: Multiple organ failure after trauma affects even long-term survival and functional status

 

No organ failure (n= 81)

Single organ failure (n= 91)

Multiple organ failure (n= 150)

Overall mortality (%)

4 (5)

13 (14)

63 (42)

Place of death

   

   ICU

0

5

40

   Hospital ward

0

4

9

   After hospital discharge

4

4

14

  1. Significant differences between the multiple organ failure group and the two other groups, p < 0.001; no significant difference between the single and no organ failure groups, p = 0.059; Cox proportional hazards regression. ICU, intensive care unit.
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