ABSTRACT
Authors reviewed 1809 childhood accident cases who visited the emergency room of Soon Chun hyung Hospital from May, 1974 to Aug. 1980. The following results were obtained; 1. Incidence of accidents was 4.1% of all patients who visited emergency room. 2. The highest age incidence was in the age group of 5-9 years, especially in Falldown, Traffic accident, Laceration accident. But Burn, Poisoning and Foreign body accidents were most frequent in the age group of 1-4 years. 3. Male to Female ratio was 1.74:1 4. Seasonal Distibution showed high incidence in Spring and Summer. 5. Accidents were happenedmostly at 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM 6. Causes of Accidents were Falldown(28.3%), Traffic accident (22.4%), Laceration(22.0%), Burn(9.5%), Poisoning (7.5%), Foreign body(4.0%), and Others(3.1%), listed in decreasing order of frequency. 7. Head was the part of the body most frequently involved in Fallodwn, Traffic accident and Laceration accidents. 8. Mortality rate was 7.2% of all accidents and traffic accident was the most common cause of death. Mortality was highest in the age group of 1-4 years.
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Female , Humans , Male , Accidents, Traffic , Burns , Cause of Death , Emergency Service, Hospital , Foreign Bodies , Head , Incidence , Lacerations , Mortality , Poisoning , Seasons , Statistics as TopicABSTRACT
The 15 year-old female patient was admitted with the complaints of moon face, obesity and short stature. She has received steroid therapy since 11 years ago at home to control joint pain due to rheumatoid arthritis. The diagnosis was confirmed by history of long-term steroid therapy, characteristic clinical features, biochemical studies and radiological studies. In radiological studies, superior mediastinal widening, aseptic necrosis of both hip an diffuse osteoporosis in various skeleton were revealed. Brief review of literature was presented.