TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Epidemiological investigation on Wenchuan earthquake-struck trauma patients admitted to two hospitals of Chongqing
JO  - Chinese journal of traumatology
A1  - Jian, Hua-sheng
A1  - Lv, ZM
A1  - Li, Yin-yan
SP  - 101
EP  - 102
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - Objective: To study epidemiological characteristics and influential factors of in-hospital patients struck by the Wenchuan earthquake disaster. Methods: The clinical data of 196 cases were collected from 2 hospitals of Chongqing city, including age, sex, occupation, injury site, dwelling and injury severity score. Results: In this series, 31.63% victims'age was over 60 years, and 54.08% were farmers. Multiple trauma accounted for 35.71%, and lower limb injury for 33.67%. There was no significant difference on injury severity score between city dwellers and rural ones (P larger than 0.05). Conclusion: The earthquake injury is influenced by many factors. More attention should be paid to the treatment at first 5 days after injury and high risk population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1008-1275
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -