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Percutaneous insertion of subclavian venous catheters in infants and children: Bonventre EV, Lally KP, Chwals WJ, et al Surg Gynecol Obstet 169:203–205 Sep 1989
✍ Scribed by Patricia L. Johnson
- Book ID
- 104310963
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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✦ Synopsis
was three times higher than when no head injury was present (6.1%). Although head injury patients comprised only one third of the series (33.6%), they comprised nearly two thirds (60.4%) of the deaths. The mortality of headinjured patients was influenced little by the presence of extracranial injury unless the AIS index was high (4 to 6). Head injury is associated with more deaths (3,010 vs 1,972) than all other injuries and causes almost as many deaths (2,040 vs 2,170) as extracranial injuries. It was, therefore, concluded that head injury was the single largest contributor to deaths due to trauma.