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Baseline characteristics of the patients
| Variables | Survivors n=11 (68.7%) |
Non survivors n=5 (31.3%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 35 | 40.4 | |
| APACHE II score | 10.2±8.32 | 29.4±4.56 | <0.001 |
| SAPS II score | 19.6±13.28 | 55.8±7.91 | <0.001 |
| SOFA score | 5.1±4.08 | 13.8±4.08 | <0.001 |
| Coexisting head injury | 1 (9.09) | 2 (40) | 0.243 |
| Fracture of ribs | 8 (72.72) | 3 (60) | 1 |
| Presence of haemo/pneumothorax | 5 (45.45) | 4 (80) | 0.308 |
