Evaluation of pediatric cases pre-senting to the emergency department of our hos-pital because of trauma
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Zeki Doğan
Levent Cankorkmaz
Ilhan Korkmaz
Abuzer Coşkun
Kenan Ahmet Döleş
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| Dergi Adı | Turkish Archives of Pediatrics | ||
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| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2011 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 46 / 2 / 164–167 | DOI | – |
| Makale Linki | https://turkarchpediatr.org/index.php/pub/article/view/387 | ||
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| Trauma is the leading cause of mortality in developed countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the pediatric cases presenting to the emergency department because of trauma in our region in company with the literature and present the results. Study data were obtained by retrospective screening of the files of pediatric cases presenting to our emergency department because of trauma between January 2006 and December 2007. The subjects were evaluated in terms of age, gender, time of presentation, type of trauma, type of injury, radiologic findings and hospitalization rates. Files of 1293 children between 0 and 16 years of age could be accessed. 69% of these children were male and 31% were female. Most of the presentations occured in August. Falling down/crashing onto the flat surface was the leading cause among the causes of injury. In terms of time of presentation in the emergency department, non-vehicle traffic accidents were the fastest group.“Head region” was in the first line with a rate of 42% among regions exposed to injury. The rate of exposure to trauma was found to be the highest (43.8%) in the 2-6 years old age group. Injuries most frequently occur in the summer. Frequently seen causes of injury include falling down/crush onto the flat surface and non-vehicle traffic accidents. In this study, we aimed to draw attention to the problem of trauma in our country by emphasizing some properties of pediatric trauma cases who presented to an emergency department.(Turk Arch Ped 2011; 46: 156-60) |
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