Ambrosi et al reported factors associated with mortality in a civilian with a gunshot wound to the head. The authors are from Hospital of Restauracao in Recife, Brazil.
Patient selection: civilian with gunshot wound to the head
Predictors of in-hospital mortality:
(1) age > 40 years of age
(2) unilateral dilatation of a pupil
(3) Glagow coma scale <= 8 on admission
(4) intracranial hematoma
(5) respiratory infection
The risk of death increases with the number of risk factors present.
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