Association between intentional injury and long-term survival after trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the risk-adjusted mortality of intentionally injured patients within 7 to 9 years postinjury, compared with unintentionally injured patients.

Background

Violent injury contributes significantly to trauma mortality in the United States. Homicide is the second leading killer of American youth, aged 15 to 24 years. Long-term survival among intentionally injured patients has not been well studied. It is also unknown whether intentionally injured patients have worse long-term survival compared with unintentionally or accidentally injured patients with equivalent injuries.

Methods

Adult trauma patients admitted for 24 hours or more and discharged alive from the Johns Hopkins Hospital from January 1, 1998, to December 31, 2000, were included. The prima

SUBMITTER: Haider AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995318 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature