Evaluation of the child trauma cases applied to our university hospital department of emergency

Abstract

Aim: Trauma is the major mortality cause in pediatric patients living in developed countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the child trauma cases who were admitted to our emergency unit. Material and Method: Study data was obtained as a result of a retrospective review of the files of child trauma cases admitted to our emergency department between January 2006-December 2007. The child trauma cases were evaluated in terms of age, sex, application time, type of trauma, injury type, radiological findings and hospitalization rates. Results: Within age range 0-16 years, accessed records of 1293 trauma cases that admitted to the emergency deparment were 69% male, 31% female. Most of the applications were in August. Among the causes of injury, at the primary ordinal were falling down/crash into the flat. Out of vehicle traffic accidents were the fastest group who admitted to the emergency department. Within overall trauma types, rate of trauma exposure with 43.8% was the highest in 2-6 ages. In the exposed areas of injury, head zone with 42% took part in the first ordinal. Conclusions: In this study; we wanted to draw attention to the problem of trauma highlighting some features of pediatric injuries in our country. (Turk Arch Ped 2011; 46: 164-7)