RESUMEN
To assess the mortality incidence among trauma victims, one year prospective study comprising all patients admitted in Rajendra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab with physical trauma was undertaken. Road traffic accidents were the commonest cause of trauma-death followed closely by thermal injury. Mortality was highest among victims of multiple injuries. The mortality rate increased in direct proportion to increase in transportation time and Injury Severity Score (ISS). We advocate some simple preventive and regulatory steps to lower the mortality incidence in trauma cases.
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Accidentes/clasificación , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Niño , Preescolar , Humanos , Incidencia , Lactante , Puntaje de Gravedad del Traumatismo , Persona de Mediana Edad , Traumatismo Múltiple/etiología , Estudios Prospectivos , Heridas y Lesiones/etiologíaRESUMEN
To assess the mortality incidence among trauma victims a one year prospective study was conducted on all patients admitted with physical trauma. The causes of death amongst trauma victims comprised road traffic accident (44.71%), thermal injuries (19.71%), domestic causes (11.54%), agriculture related injury and criminal violence (9.61% each), fall of construction workers (2.4%), collapse of buildings and train accidents (0.96% each) and industrial injury (0.48%). Mortality was highest among victims with multiple injuries (41.35%). The mortality rate increased in direct proportion to increase in transportation time and injury severity score.