Open pelvic fracture: the killing fracture?

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Open Average ± SEM	n = 24 Range	Closed Average ± SEM	n = 468 Range	p
Age	36 ± 2.7	17–58	43 ± 1.2	16–90	0.008
Male (%)	17 (71)		311 (66)		0.88
RTS	11 ± 0.3	7–12	10 ± 0.15	4–12	0.38
ISS	31 ± 4.4	9–66	26 ± 1	9–75	0.008
Shock class > 3	11		119		0.03
PRBCs (< 24 h)	5.5 ± 4.2	0–30	3.5 ± 0.4	0–34	0.004

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