This study examined the management of @entity1 with @entity99 treated at a Level I @entity130 center in Connecticut from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. Forty-four @entity1 over the age of 16 years sustained blunt @entity99 and were brought to Hartford Hospital during the study period. Eight of these @entity1 died; three of these @entity204 occurred in the @entity341 ( @entity341 ) shortly after arrival. Thirty-four @entity1 (82.9%) with blunt @entity99 were managed nonoperatively. Only one of these @entity1 died, not as a direct result of @entity99 . The average Injury Severity Score (ISS) for these @entity1 decreased as the injury grade increased but this was not statistically significant (P=0.684). A moderate positive and statistically significant relationship was noted between the length of hospital stay and the ISS (r=0.597, P=0.000). Our findings suggest that the current standard of care for most @entity1 with blunt @entity99 is nonoperative management. It is the rare and most severely injured @entity1 that will require operative management. As reported in the literature, mortality for these @entity1 remains unchanged.

Management of blunt @entity99 at a Connecticut Level I XXXX center.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity341 :: ('MESH:D004630', 'Disease') :: ['emergency department', 'ED'] @entity99 :: ('MESH:D056486', 'Disease') :: ['liver injuries', 'hepatic injury', 'hepatic injuries', 'liver injury', 'hepatic trauma'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['trauma']
