Table 3.

Fate of patients presenting with suspected blunt abdominal trauma (n=2,793)

	n
Immediate laparotomy	6 (0.2%)
Early laparotomy (<12 hours)	103 (3.7%)
Delayed laparotomy (>12 hours)	30 (1.1%)
Mesenteric or hollow viscus injury on delayed laparotomy	20 (66.7%)
Other orthopaedic intervention (surgery)	321 (11.5%)
Death during index admission	170 (6.1%)
Death due to intra-abdominal cause	44 (1.6%)
Death due to other associated injury	126 (4.5%)
Major morbidity or disability on discharge	248 (8.9%)