TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Accidental injuries among children in north-west Ethiopia
JO  - East African medical journal
A1  - Gedlu, E.
SP  - 807
EP  - 810
VL  - 71
IS  - 12
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0012-835X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -