Citation

Jiang X, Xiang B, Liu LJ, Liu M, Tang XY, Huang LG, Li Y, Peng MX, Xin WQ. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi 2013; 15(6): 419-422.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. xbljx@hotmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23791053

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To get a more comprehensive understanding of the clinical characteristics of pediatric victims in earthquake and to summarize the experience of medical rescue. METHODS: The clinical information was collected from the pediatric victims who were admitted to West China Hospital, Sichuan University following the Lushan earthquake in 2013 and Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. The clinical data were compared between the pediatric victims in the two earthquakes. RESULTS: Thirty-four children under 14 years of age, who were injured in the Lushan earthquake, were admitted to the West China Hospital before April 30, 2013. Compared with the data in the Wenchuan earthquake, the mean age of the pediatric victims in the Lushan earthquake was significantly lower (P<0.01), and the mean time from earthquake to hospitalization was significantly shorter (P<0.01). In the Lushan earthquake, 67.6% of the injured children had variable limb fractures; traumatic brain injury was found in 29.4% of hospitalized children, versus 9.5% in the Wenchuan earthquake (P<0.05). Among the 34 children, no amputation and death occurred, and all the 13 severe cases started to recover. CONCLUSIONS: There were higher proportions of severely injured children and children with traumatic brain injury in the Lushan earthquake than in the Wenchuan earthquake. But these cases recovered well, which was possibly due to timely on-site rescue and transfer and multi-sector, multi-institution, and multidisciplinary cooperation.

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