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Mean Abbreviated Injury Scale score among trauma patients admitted to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre between January 1986 and December 2003, by site of injury
| Group; mean AIS score
|
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|---|---|---|
| Site of injury | BDR | All patients |
| Chest | 3.7 | 1.6 |
| Abdomen | 2.9 | 1.0 |
| Pelvis | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Head | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Limb | 2.2 | 1.7 |
AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale; BDR = blunt diaphragmatic rupture.
