01 October 2025 : Database Analysis
Diagnosis and Management of Sternal Fracture at a Single Center 2019-2024: A Retrospective Study of 127 Emergency Department Patients
Tamer Durdu
ABEFG 1*, Nihal Ertürk ABFG 1, Mehmet Yılmaz BCF 1, Furkan Altaş CDF 1, Sezin Bozkurt BFG 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.950160
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e950160
Table 1 Distribution of age, gender, mechanism of trauma, role in the accident (driver/passenger), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores, hospitalization status (emergency discharge, ward admission, ICU admission), length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality among patients.
| n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 89 | 70.1% |
| Female | 38 | 29.9% | |
| Trauma mechanism | Car accident | 79 | 62.2% |
| Pedestrian accident | 4 | 3.1% | |
| Falling from a height | 19 | 15.0% | |
| Falling | 11 | 8.7% | |
| Blunt force | 8 | 6.3% | |
| Assault | 4 | 3.1% | |
| Electrical injury | 2 | 1.6% | |
| Driver/passenger | Driver | 65 | 51.2% |
| Passenger | 16 | 12.6% | |
| Hospitalization | Discharge | 33 | 26.0% |
| Service | 70 | 55.1% | |
| ICU | 24 | 18.9% | |
| Mortality | Alive | 121 | 95.3% |
| Died | 6 | 4.7% | |
| Age | 43.00 | 10.00 | 89.00 |
| GCS | 15.00 | 3.00 | 15.00 |
| Length of hospital stay | 3.00 | .00 | 40.00 |
| ICU – Intensive Care Unit, GCS – Glasgow Coma Scale. | |||