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A study published in Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery this month evaluated 80 patients that died after blunt trauma prehospital and in the ED and had a post-mortem CT scan performed. TBI was the most common at 40%... okay, not much we can do about that. ~1 in 4 had blood in the belly ~1 in 5

A study published in <a href="/JTraumAcuteSurg/">Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery</a> this month evaluated 80 patients that died after blunt trauma prehospital and in the ED and had a post-mortem CT scan performed.

TBI was the most common at 40%... okay, not much we can do about that. 

~1 in 4 had blood in the belly

~1 in 5