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Table 3 Number of deaths and adverse events among patients with pelvic ring fractures between 2008 and 2017

From: Trends and predictors of mortality in unstable pelvic ring fracture: a 10-year experience with a multidisciplinary institutional protocol

 

Pelvic ring injuries

Outcomes

n

%

Mortality

45

5.5

Early mortality (< 48 h)

32

3.9

Complications

135

16.4

 Respiratory failure

82

9.9

 Pulmonary edema

5

0.6

 ARDS

8

1.0

 Pneumonia

27

3.3

 GI bleed

12

1.5

 Acute renal failure

7

0.9

 UTI

31

3.8

 Compartment syndrome (extremity)

1

0.1

 Osteomyelitis

1

0.1

 Other infection (sepsis, bacteremia, etc.)

18

2.2