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Exclusion criteria.
| Exclusion Criteria |
|---|
| • Age < 18 or > 90 years old |
| • Prisoners |
| • Burn or blast injury |
| • Isolated head or neck injury |
| • Penetrating thoracic trauma |
| • Deceased on arrival |
| • Normotension (Systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 90) |
| • Transient hypotension responsive to fluids |
| • Alternative diagnosis other than trauma |
| • Missing imaging (CXR, PXR, FAST) |
CXR: chest X-ray; PXR: pelvis X-ray; FAST: Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma
