Table 4.
Missed injuries, NOM failures and non-therapeutic laparotomies
|
Period 1 |
Period 2 |
p
|
---|---|---|---|
n = 163 | n = 296 | ||
Missed injuries (%) |
9 (6) |
13 (4) |
0.65 |
Failure of NOM (%) |
9 (6) |
5 (2) |
0.04 |
Non-therapeutic laparotomies (%) | 51 (31) | 80 (27) | 0.33 |
NOM: non-operative management.