RESUMO
In a cross-sectional study, all trauma patients hospitalized for 24 hours or more over a 4-month period in Taleghani hospital, the only referral teaching centre in Kermanshah city, were studied (n = 779). Mean age was 34.7 (standard deviation 19.9) years. Male, unemployed and illiterate patients predominated. Road traffic accidents, falls and interpersonal violence were the most common mechanisms of injury. Among road traffic accident victims, pedestrians were the most vulnerable group. A total of 7.8% of patients died, mostly due to head injuries (78.7%). Our findings also showed the importance of head trauma as the main anatomical site of injury.
Assuntos
Sistema de Registros , Saúde da População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricos , Ferimentos e Lesões/epidemiologia , Acidentes por Quedas/mortalidade , Acidentes por Quedas/estatística & dados numéricos , Acidentes de Trânsito/mortalidade , Acidentes de Trânsito/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Estudos Transversais , Escolaridade , Feminino , Hospitais de Ensino , Humanos , Irã (Geográfico)/epidemiologia , Masculino , Admissão do Paciente/estatística & dados numéricos , Vigilância da População , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Desemprego/estatística & dados numéricos , Violência/estatística & dados numéricos , Ferimentos e Lesões/etiologiaRESUMO
In a cross-sectional study, all trauma patients hospitalized for 24 hours or more over a 4-month period in Taleghani hospital, the only referral teaching centre in Kermanshah city, were studied [n = 779]. Mean age was 34.7 [standard deviation 19.9] years. Male, unemployed and illiterate patients predominated. Road traffic accidents, falls and interpersonal violence were the most common mechanisms of injury. Among road traffic accident victims, pedestrians were the most vulnerable group. A total of 7.8% of patients died, mostly due to head injuries [78.7%]. Our findings also showed the importance of head trauma as the main anatomical site of injury
