| Yazarlar (8) |
İlhan Korkmaz
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Şule Karadayı
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Fatma Mutlu KUKUL GÜVEN
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Şevki Hakan Eren
Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Ekber Şahin
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Aydın Nadir
Turgut Özal Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Beydilli İnan
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Melih Kaptanoğlu
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Introduction: Penetrating traumas are lifethreatening situations which can be encountered in emergency services. In this study, epidemiological data, treatment approaches and the results pertaining to penetrant abdominal and/or thoracic injuries, which occured due to gunshot or stab wounds, are evalauted retrospectively. Material-method: Two hundred and sixty four patients who admitted to emergency department with penetrating thoracic and/or abdominal trauma between 2002 and2009 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to their shock indexes including Low ris (0.), medi m ris (0. 1) and high ris (> 1) groups.Results: The study group included 244 male (92.4%) and 20 (7.6%) female participants. Age distribution of the groups was as follows; 58 (22.0%) patients were in the 0-19 years group, 139 patients (52.6%) were in the 20-40 years group and 67 patients (25.4%) were over 40 years. Two h ndred and fifteen in ries (81.4) were ca sed by stab wounds and 49 (18.6%) were due to gunshots. When the patients were evaluated considering the injury site, isolated thoracic trauma was seen in 93 patients (35.3%) and isolated abdominal injuries were found in 74 patients (28.0%). The most common organ injuries among the patients who underwent laparotomy (n= 73) were as follows; bowel injury in 28 patients (38.3%), stomach injuries in 20 patients (27.4%) and liverspleen injuries in 17 patients (23.28%). Of 189 patients with thoracic trauma, 17 patients (8.9%) had hemothorax, 44 (23.28%) had pneumothorax, 46 (24.33%) had hemopneumothorax and 2 patients (1.05%) had pulmonary contusion. Seven … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Penetrant trauma | emergency | shock index | thoracic trauma |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | HEALTHMED |
| Dergi ISSN | 1840-2291 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2010 |
| Cilt No | 4 |
| Sayı | 4 |
| Sayfalar | 1090 / 1094 |
