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Table 1 Rib fractures (RF) location in association with sternal fractures (SF)

From: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) complications encountered in forensic autopsy cases

Right side RF

Left side RF

Sternal fractures (SF)

Incidence

N

✓

✓

✓

37%

10

✓

✓

–

29,6%

8

✓

–

–

7,4%

2

–

✓

–

7,4%

2

–

✓

✓

3,7%

1

–

–

✓

14,8%

4