TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Five year pattern of injuries in the emergency department of a hospital
JO  - Gaceta Medica de Mexico
A1  - Consuelo-Estrada, José Ramón
A1  - Gaona-Valle, Laura Soraya
A1  - Portillo-Rodríguez, Otniel
SP  - 302
EP  - 309
VL  - 154
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: In the State of Mexico there are no investigations that provide information for decision-making and administration of resources related to the care of externally-caused injuries (ECI). <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To describe ECIs seen in an emergency department over a 5-year period. <br><br>METHOD: A retrospective study was designed with patients admitted to emergency department (2010-2015) with ECI diagnosis. Descriptive and cluster analyses were performed. <br><br>RESULTS: At the emergency department, 16.59% of emergency care was related to ECI. A total of 16,567 patients of 14 to 99 years of age (average = 37.7; SD = 17.28) were included; 69.2% were males. ECIs occurred mainly in public places (26.3%) and at home (23.7%). The main causes were aggression outside the home (32.7%), on average at 34 years of age, falls (25%) on average at 45 years, and motor vehicle accidents (9.7%) on average at 33 years. The cluster analysis identified four groups: aggression outside the home 32.7% (5,417), traumatic contacts, 26.30% (4,363), road traffic accidents 15.9% (2,640) and falls 25% (4,147). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Motor vehicle accident-related ECIs showed the most severe consequences.<br><br>Copyright: © 2018 SecretarÍa de Salud.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0016-3813
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.24875/GMM.18003298
ID  - ref1
ER  -