TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Trauma Registry of the Pan-American Trauma Society: one year of experience in two hospitals in southwest Colombia
JO  - Colombia medica
A1  - Ordóñez, Carlos A.
A1  - Morales, Mónica
A1  - Rojas-Mirquez, Johanna Carolina
A1  - Bonilla-Escobar, Francisco Javier
A1  - Badiel, Marisol
A1  - Miñán Arana, Fernando
A1  - González, Adolfo
A1  - Pino, Luis Fernando
A1  - Uribe-Gómez, Amadeus
A1  - Herrera, Mario Alain
A1  - Gutiérrez-Martínez, María Isabel
A1  - Puyana, Juan Carlos
A1  - Abutanos, Michael
A1  - Ivatury, Rao R.
SP  - 148
EP  - 154
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Trauma information systems are needed to improve decision making and to identify potential areas of intervention. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To describe the first year of experience with a trauma registry in two referral centers in southwest Colombia. <br><br>METHODS: The study was performed in two referral centers in Cali. Patients with traumatic injuries seen between January 1 and December 31, 2012, were included. The collected information included demographics, mechanism of trauma, injury severity score (ISS), and mortality. A descriptive analysis was carried out. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 17,431 patients were registered, of which 67.8% were male with an average age of 30 (±20) years. Workplace injuries were the cause of emergency consultations in 28.2% of cases, and falls were the most common mechanism of trauma (37.3%). Patients with an ISS ≥15 were mostly found in the 18-35-year age range (6.4%). Most patients who suffered a gunshot wound presented an ISS ≥15. A total of 2.5% of all patients died, whereas the mortality rate was 54% among patients with an ISS ≥15 and a gunshot wound. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Once the trauma registry was successfully implemented in two institutions in Cali, the primary causes of admission were identified as falls and workplace injuries. The most severely compromised patients were in the population range between 18 and 35 years of age. The highest mortality was caused by gunshot wounds.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1657-9534
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -