ABSTRACT
Srinagarind Hospital is the only university hospital in the upper Northeastern region of Thailand. The burn unit section has been set up for more than 5 years already, but the allocated space is only 4 beds in a single room with 2 isolated room available providing for both severe burn and other appropriate general surgical cases as well. Regarded as the tirtiary center for the referring system in this region, a great number of major burn cases from regional provinces have been referred here. An overiew of burn injury regarding age, sex, incidence, cause, severity of injury, mortality and bacteriology were reviewed. This study is only the preliminary study to express an overview of burn injury in this hospital during a 3 year period.
ABSTRACT
A retrospective analysis of 64 patients who had sustained maxillofacial fractures and were treated in Srinagarind Hospital , Khon Kaen University from August 1984 to July 1987 was undertaken. Male to female ratio was 7:1 The ages ranged from 4 to 60 years with the mean of 28.5 years. Most patients (59.38%) were admited to the hospital within 1 day following the injuries. The average hospital stay was 9.51 days. Motorcycle accidents accounted for the largest number of fractures (62.62%). There were 34 patients who lost consciousness immediately after the accidents and 13 patients had the history of alcohol consumption just before the accidents.Major and minor associated injuries occurred in 18.75% and 20.3% respectively. Types of facial fractures were mandible 49% , zygoma 26% , maxilla 15% , nasal bone 6% and orbit 4% , Most of the operative interventions were intermaxillary fixation and interosseous wiring. There were 24 morbidities and 2 mortalites in the series. One patient died from intraabdominal hemorrhage and another developed diabetes insipidus after head injury and finally died from respiratory failure.
ABSTRACT
Since KhonKaen University was founded in 1963 until December 1985, a 22 year period, fourty-seven dead students were reviewed. Twenty-four (51%) of the total were caused by motorcycle injuries. The ratio of male to female was 7:1 questionnaries which fillec by their relatives were complete for analysis 14 cases. There were 11 drivers and 3 passengers. Only one has recorded of wearing helmet. The accidents occurred mostly during 16:00 to 24:00. All of the pattern of the accidents were collision rather than overturning as has been reported in the surviver group. Ten cases collided with automobile. Serious lesions that caused death were head injuries, fracture cervical spines and chest injuries. Preventive plan for local problems also proposed in discussion.
ABSTRACT
A total of 346 students were cooperative. Among them were 165 males and 181 females. Approcimately 41% of the total were motorcycly owners and 47.5% of them had experienced accidents before. The correlation between the rate of accidents and the driving experience observed. The figures that the longer the driving experience, the higher the rate of accidents.
ABSTRACT
This study was done by collecting data from the medical records of Srinagarind Hospital and Khon Kaen provincial Hospital between October 1984 and September 1985. During the period, 19 Khon Kaen University students who has motorcycle accidents were admitted to the hospitals. There were 9 males and 10 females. Most of the accident occurred between 6 p.m. and midnight. The most common location of serious injury was the head. The remaining injuries were mostly fracture of the bones of the extremities. No fatal injury was noted during this period. Fatal injuries in the different period are bing studied.