Citation

Verdeja-Morales E, del Valle-Borjas P, Mendoza-Contreras A. Acta Ortop. Mex. 2008; 22(3): 175-179.

Vernacular Title

Epidemiologia de lesiones traumaticas en infantes atendidas en el Hospital

Affiliation

Hospital General de Cerralvo, Servicios de Salud de Nuevo Leon, C. Severio Num. 3119 Fracc. Camino Real, Ciudad Guadalupe, N.L. verdeja63@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Sociedad Mexicana de Ortopedia)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18826081

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To show traumatic injures in children under sixteen-years-old, managed from April 2004 to March 2005, in Cerralvo General Hospital, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-Sectional Study. We filled out special formats in every pediatric patient seen in our hospital for traumatic lesion. RESULTS: We attended 535 children (65.0% were male and 34.9% female). Most of the patients (81.3%) had no health insurance. We checked 49.8%on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Most of the accidents were at home (55.7%), and 44.4% were in the evening. Wounds, contusions and fractures accounted for 79.2% of the lesions. The head was affected with 37.8%, the upper extremity in 29.9% and the lower extremity in 22.4%. The injures were caused byfalls in 46.7%, followed by blunt objects in 11.9% and motor vehicles in 11.7%. CONCLUSION: We conclude that injures in small cities as in northeast Nuevo Leon, are less serious than injures in big cities.

Language: es