Alves, Helena Maria Romeu2014-04-242014-04-242014-04-24http://hdl.handle.net10539/14583A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine in Emergency Medicine, Johannesburg , 2013To determine variables related to the patients with penetrating injuries, with a calculated New Injury severity Score (NISS) probality of survival equal to or greater than fifty percent (NISS P's≥50) to compare those who survived and those who diedenThesis