Citation

El-Menyar A, El-Hennawy H, Al-Thani H, Asim M, Abdelrahman H, Zarour A, Parchani A, Peralta R, Latifi R. J. Trauma Manag. Outcomes 2014; 8: 8.

Affiliation

Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar ; Department of Surgery, Arizona University, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/1752-2897-8-8

PMID

25089153

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Trauma remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Generally, the incidence of traumatic injuries is disproportionately high in males. However, trauma in females is underreported.

AIM: To study the epidemiology and outcome of different mechanisms and types of traumatic injuries in women.

METHODS: We conducted a traditional narrative review using PubMed, MEDLINE and EMBASE, searching for English-language publications for gender-specific trauma between January 1993 and January 2013 using key words "trauma", "gender", "female" and "women".

RESULTS: Among 1150 retrieved articles, 71 articles were relevant over 20 years. Although it is an important public health problem, traumatic injuries among females remain under-reported.

CONCLUSION: There is a need for further research and evaluation of the exact burden of traumatic injuries among females together with the implementation of effective community based preventive programs.

Language: en