PMID: 8459470Feb 1, 1993Paper

Outcome of treatment of 686 gunshot wounds of the trunk at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center: implications for the community

The Journal of Trauma
J E PayneR Dubrowskij

Abstract

The Los Angeles County-University of Southern California (LAC-USC) Medical Center, a level I trauma center, has experienced a rapidly increasing incidence of gunshot wounds (GSWs). We sought to enumerate the annual monetary costs and medical consequences of thoracoabdominal gunshot wounds in the epicenter of urban violence. A consecutive series of patients admitted from September 1, 1989 to August 31, 1990 was studied. Their records were coded by trauma nurse reviewers and held in the Trauma Emergency Medical Information System (TEMIS) and Automated Medical Record Abstracting and Reporting System (AMRARS). Diagnoses, procedures, and complications were verified by chart review. An estimate of disability 3 months after discharge was made from the record and reported on a functional activity scale. The total number of patients with GSWs admitted to all of the level I Los Angeles County trauma centers was 2771 during the study period. The total number of patients with major gunshot injuries admitted to LAC-USC Medical Center was 1007. Thoracoabdominal wounds without any head wound component occurred in 686 gunshot patients. Three quarters of the injured patients with truncal gunshot injuries were Hispanic. Total length of stay at t...Continue Reading

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