Background
Methods
Study design
Setting
Study population
Data analysis
Results
Total major trauma patients (n = 358) | |
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Male, n (%) | 240 (67,0) |
Cause of injury*, n (%) | |
Motor vehicle collision | 53 (29,3) |
Pedestrian | 44 (24,3) |
Falls | 34 (18,8) |
Motorcycle | 18 (9,9) |
Bicycle | 18 (9,9) |
Penetrating trauma | 7 (3,9) |
Suicide attempts | 4 (2,2) |
Work machinery | 2 (1,1) |
Animal attacks | 1 (0,6) |
Place of injury†, n (%) | |
Road, street or highway | 145 (81,5) |
Home | 23 (12,9) |
School | 5 (2,8) |
Other | 5 (2,8) |
Patterns and trends of injury
Total major trauma patients (n = 351) | Main mechanisms of trauma (n = 131) | |||
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Motor vehicle collision (n = 53) | Pedestrian (n = 44) | Falls (n = 34) | ||
Injury sites, n (%)
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Head and neck | 255 (72,6) | 41 (77,4) | 35 (79,5) | 20 (58,8) |
Extremities | 148 (42,2) | 41 (77,4) | 21 (52,3) | 28 (82,4) |
Abdominal | 111 (31,6) | 32 (60,4) | 28 (63,6) | 16 (47,1) |
Chest | 96 (27,4) | 30 (56,6) | 19 (43,2) | 12 (35,3) |
Facial | 56 (16,0) | 12 (22,6) | 7 (15,9) | 14 (41,2) |
External and other | 19 (5,4) | 3 (5,7) | 16 (36,4) | 2 (5,9) |
Number of injured body regions per patient, n (%)
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One body region | 42 (12,0) | 4 (7,5) | 5 (11,4) | 4 (11,8) |
Two body regions | 110 (31,3) | 10 (18,9) | 11 (25) | 18 (52,9) |
Three or more body regions | 199 (56,7) | 39 (73,6) | 28 (63,6) | 12 (35,3) |