Injury Pattern and Current Early Clinical Care of Pediatric Polytrauma Comparing Different Age Groups in a Level I Trauma Center.

Influence of Injury Patterns on Mortality The univariate Cox regression analysis revealed a highly significant impact of head injury severity on mortality, with each additional AIS score point in the head region increasing the risk of death by 2.9 times (HR = 2.894 [1.489–3.687], p < 0.001), as shown in Figure 4 .

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The lack of a significant influence of thoracic injuries on mortality in contrast to the results of previous studies could be explained by the size of the cohort, as there was a clear trend regarding the impact of thoracic injuries on mortality.

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