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Title: | Epidemiologic evaluation of trauma cases admitted to a pediatric emergency service Travma nedeniyle çocuk acil servise başvuran hastaların epidemiyolojik değerlendirilmesi |
Authors: | Gürses, Dolunay Sarioglu Buke, A. Baskan, M. Herek, O. Kilic, I. |
Keywords: | child emergency hospitalization human infant pediatrics prospective study traffic accident Accidents, Traffic Child Emergencies Hospitalization Humans Infant Pediatrics Prospective Studies |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: This study was performed to contribute epidemiological data about pediatric trauma registry in our country. METHODS: Ninety-four children with trauma who were admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Clinic of our hospital were prospective(jl evaluated RESULTS: Forty-five percent patients were female and 55% were male with a mean age of79+52 months. Traffic accidents were the primary cause oftrauma (46%). The education level ofthe mothers were above high school in only 30.4 % patients. Forty-four percent of trauma took place during daytime, the incidence oftrauma was high in summer and autumn (p<0.05). Eighteen percent ofpatients required major and 31 % of patients required minor surgical treatment whereas 48% of patients were conservatively treated and 3% died. Forty-seven percent of patients were referred to our hospital from another hospital and surgical intervention requirement for referred patients werefound to be higher than the others (p<0.05). CONCLUTION: Increasing the education level if mothers will contribute to the prevention of childhood KEYWORDS: Pediatric trauma, childhood, epidemiology |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/5379 | ISSN: | 1300-6738 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu |
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