@article{ref1,
title="Accidental injuries among children in north-west Ethiopia",
journal="East African medical journal",
year="1994",
author="Gedlu, E.",
volume="71",
number="12",
pages="807-810",
abstract="A retrospective analysis of admissions due to unintentional injuries in children was conducted over a five year period (1988-1993) in a teaching hospital in north-western Ethiopia. Injuries accounted for 341 (4.8%) of 7055 admissions due to all causes in this period. Of 313 children whose data were analysed, 228 (63%) were male. The causes of injury were firearms (25%), falls (22%), burns (16%) and motor vehicle accidents (14%). Highest case fatality rates were found in foreign body aspiration (40%), burns (35%) and falls (22%). Most children who presented with burns had more than 15% body surface area affected on admission. Poisoning accounted for 6.8% of admissions and was mostly due to malathion. Animal related injuries accounted for less than 3% of the unintentional injury admissions. This is the first report on childhood injuries from the Gondar area.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-835X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}