Risk Factors of Govender and Madiba for a Poor Outcome in a Patient with Injuries to the Large Bowel

 

Risk factors associated with mortality:

(1) shock on admission

(2) transfusion of > 6 units of blood

(3) surgical delay <= 12 hours (perhaps selecting for more serious injury)

(4) Injury Severity Score (ISS) > 20

(5) number of associated organs injured

 

Number of Other Organs Injured	Survival
0	95%
1	90%
2	82%
3	61%
4 or more	46%

 

where:

• Older and immunocompromised patients are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality following abdominal trauma but these groups were not involved in the study group.