Table 5.

Adjusted odds for in-hospital mortality and of all adults with traumatic cardiac arrest following penetrating trauma who underwent a resuscitative thoracotomy based on hospital teaching status (n=1,638)

	Odds Ratio (OR)	95% CI	p-value
Hospital Teaching Status (ref: Non-Teaching)*
Community – Teaching	0.55	0.09 – 3.54	0.53
University – Teaching	0.44	0.06 – 3.05	0.41

^*Adjusted for age, sex, modified Charlson comorbidity index, SBP, pulse rate, total arrival GCS, Injury severity

score, mechanism of penetrating injury, and trauma center level

CI: Confidence Interval; ref: reference group; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; GCS: Glasgow coma scale