دورية أكاديمية
Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the accident centre of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
| العنوان: | Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the accident centre of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana |
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| المؤلفون: | Paa-Kwesi Blankson, Joachim K. A. Amoako, Kwaku Asah-Opoku, Francis Odei-Ansong, Margaret Y. Lartey |
| المصدر: | BMC Emergency Medicine, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Special situations and conditions LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Injury, Accident, Epidemiology, Aetiology, Ghana, Special situations and conditions, RC952-1245, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| الوصف: | Abstract Background Injuries directly lead to 5 million deaths every year, accounting for 9% of all deaths worldwide. While knowledge of the pattern of injuries is essential to plan health interventions to reduce the incidence of injuries, these are not thoroughly described in Ghana. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of injuries seen at the Accident centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana’s main referral hospital. Method A retrospective review of two-year records of all patients who attended the Accident centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital from January 2016 to December 2017 was done. Data on the cause of injuries was the main focus of this review. Results A total of 17,860 patients’ records were included in the study. There were 12,116 (67.8%) males and 5,744 (32.2%) females. The ages of the patients seen during the period ranged from three (3) days to 101 years. The overall mean age was 27.9 (±18.2). Majority of the injuries resulted from road traffic accidents and falls, accounting for 39.1 and 19.7% respectively. Conclusion Road Traffic accidents (RTA), especially motorcycle related, are a significant cause of injuries in Ghana. Future studies should focus on interventions that can reduce the incidence of RTA’s to reduce the number of injuries that present to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1471-227X |
| Relation: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0252-3; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-227X |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12873-019-0252-3 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/fd3d2fe849d642a382c6825d34c871db |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.fd3d2fe849d642a382c6825d34c871db |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1471227X |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s12873-019-0252-3 |