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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 14-18, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pediatric and adult thoracic trauma: age-related impact on presentation and outcome

RJ Peterson, JJ Tepas 3rd, FH Edwards, N Kissoon, P Pieper and EL Ceithaml
Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville 32209.

To assess the impact of age on presentation and outcome, 2,415 cases involving blunt and penetrating thoracic trauma over an 8-year period were reviewed retrospectively from a single level I trauma center. Of the 2,073 patients alive on arrival, 79 were 12 years of age or less (children), 137 were 13 to 17 years of age (adolescent), 1,742 were 18 to 59 years of age (adults), and 115 were 60 years of age or more (elderly). Chi-square analysis was performed relative to presentation (blunt versus penetrating), need for thoracotomy, and hospital mortality. Although blunt thoracic trauma comprised 64/79 of children (81%) and 90/115 of the elderly (78%), penetrating thoracic trauma was more common for adolescents 79/137 (58%) and adults 1013/1742 (58%) (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in need for thoracotomy among the four age groups after blunt thoracic trauma. For penetrating trauma, however, there was a significantly higher incidence of thoracotomy in children as compared with the other three age groups (p < 0.05). In conclusion: (1) Blunt injuries comprised a greater proportion of thoracic trauma in children and the elderly. (2) In this series, children with penetrating thoracic trauma underwent thoracotomy more frequently. (3) Hospital mortality appeared to be increased for the elderly. (4) Analyses of pediatric thoracic trauma must separate children from adolescent age groups.


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