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Table 4 Outcome of management for blunt splenic injury

From: Splenic injury severity, not admission hemodynamics, predicts need for surgery in pediatric blunt splenic trauma

 

Nonoperative management (n = 52)

Operative management (n = 10)

P-value

Length of stay (in days)

9 (8–12)

12 (5–21)

0.638b

ICU stay (in days)

3 (1–4)

4 (1–7)

0.383b

Number of complications

6

3

0.151b

Mortality

0

1

0.161a

  1. All variables are in median (IQR). aFisher’s Exact Test, bMann Whitney U test
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