Pediatric abdominal trauma in a National Referral Hospital.
Afr Health Sci
; 22(Spec Issue): 108-113, 2022 Aug.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36321119
ABSTRACT
Background:
Trauma is a major contributor to pediatric morbidity and mortality. Injury and violence are a major killer of children throughout the world. Unintentional injuries account for almost 90% of these cases. They are the leading cause of death for children aged 10-19 years. More than 95% of all injury deaths in children occur in low income and middle-income countries. Abdominal trauma is present in approximately 25% of pediatric patients with major trauma and is the most common cause of unrecognized fatal injury in children.Objectives:
To describe the patterns, the management and outcomes of pediatric abdominal trauma.This was a descriptive retrospective study. Data was extracted from the Pediatric surgery Unit database from January 2012 to July 2019 on all abdominal trauma admissions to the unit.Results:
Falls were the commonest (51.3%) mechanism for trauma on the unit. Most (84%) of the admissions had blunt abdominal trauma, with the majority (77%) managed non operatively. Only 16% had penetrating trauma, with the majority (84%) of these managed operatively. The average length of hospital stay for most (71.9%) of the patients was less than 7 days, with 96.1% of all admitted patients being discharged upon recovery.Conclusion:
Blunt abdominal trauma is the most common pattern of pediatric abdominal trauma, with majority of these patients being managed non-operatively with good outcomes. Selective non-operative management for penetrating pediatric abdominal trauma has good patient outcomes as well.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ferimentos não Penetrantes
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Traumatismos Abdominais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Afr Health Sci
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Uganda