Table 1.

All patients with penetrating chest trauma receiving either a pericardial window, sternotomy, or both

	N=78
Male, n (%)	73 (93.6)
Age (years), median (IQR)	29 (24–39)
Mechanism
Gunshot wound, n (%)	28 (35.9)
Knife stab wound, n (%)	47 (60.3)
Admission vitals
Systolic blood pressure, median (IQR)	130 (85–149)
Heart rate, median (IQR)	107 (88–121)
Glasgow Coma Scale, median (IQR)	15 (9–15)
Exploratory laparotomy, n (%)	42 (53.8)
Hospital LOS (days), median (IQR)	7 (4–11)
ICU LOS (days), median (IQR)	2 (1–5)
Ventilator days (days), median (IQR)	0 (0–1)
Hospital mortality, n (%)	16 (20.3)

ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.