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Table 2 Patient and wound characterisation at baseline

From: Negative pressure wound therapy management of the “open abdomen” following trauma: a prospective study and systematic review

Age; median (range)

31.4 years (22 – 44)

Male (% patients)

90%

BMI; median (range)

26.3 kg/m2 (17.7 – 50.8)

Injury Type (% patients)

 

  · Blunt trauma

50% (10/20)

  · Penetrating Trauma

50% (10/20)

Injury scores (median (range)

 

  · SOFA

11 (0–17)

  · APACHE II

14.5 (3–25)

  · ISS

25 (9–50)

  · NISS

33 (13–66)

IAP (# patients)

 

  · <12 mmHg

10

  · >12 mmHg (IAH)

10

  1. IAP = intra-abdominal pressure; IAH = intra-abdominal hypertension as defined by Cheatham et al. 2007 [9].