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Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: The hand is a complex organ responsible for activities of daily living, making it susceptible to injuries and accidents. Hand injuries can result in significant functional impairment and it occurs in a younger productive age group. Therefore, it is important to understand the prevalenc...

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Autores principales: Thapa, Anurag Singh, Rai, Shankar Man, Nakarmi, Kiran Kishor, Karki, Bishal, Magar, Mangal Gharti, Nagarkoti, Krishna Kumar, Dahal, Peeyush, Maharjan, Niran, Pokharel, Pashupati Babu, Lamichhane, Apar
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Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10089049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37203910
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7969
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author Thapa, Anurag Singh
Rai, Shankar Man
Nakarmi, Kiran Kishor
Karki, Bishal
Magar, Mangal Gharti
Nagarkoti, Krishna Kumar
Dahal, Peeyush
Maharjan, Niran
Pokharel, Pashupati Babu
Lamichhane, Apar
author_facet Thapa, Anurag Singh
Rai, Shankar Man
Nakarmi, Kiran Kishor
Karki, Bishal
Magar, Mangal Gharti
Nagarkoti, Krishna Kumar
Dahal, Peeyush
Maharjan, Niran
Pokharel, Pashupati Babu
Lamichhane, Apar
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description INTRODUCTION: The hand is a complex organ responsible for activities of daily living, making it susceptible to injuries and accidents. Hand injuries can result in significant functional impairment and it occurs in a younger productive age group. Therefore, it is important to understand the prevalence and patterns of hand injuries. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of hand injuries among patients visiting the emergency department of a tertiary care centre. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was in the Emergency Department of a dedicated trauma center from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (Reference number: 148412078179). Demographic profile, pattern, and mechanism of hand Injuries of all 96 consecutive patients were assessed after taking informed consent. Convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. RESULTS: Among 4679 patients visiting the emergency department of the trauma center, hand injuries were seen in 96 (2.05%) (1.64-2.46, 95% Confidence Interval). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of hand injuries was found to be lower than other similar studies done in similar settings.
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spelling pubmed-100890492023-04-12 Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Thapa, Anurag Singh Rai, Shankar Man Nakarmi, Kiran Kishor Karki, Bishal Magar, Mangal Gharti Nagarkoti, Krishna Kumar Dahal, Peeyush Maharjan, Niran Pokharel, Pashupati Babu Lamichhane, Apar JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Original Article INTRODUCTION: The hand is a complex organ responsible for activities of daily living, making it susceptible to injuries and accidents. Hand injuries can result in significant functional impairment and it occurs in a younger productive age group. Therefore, it is important to understand the prevalence and patterns of hand injuries. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of hand injuries among patients visiting the emergency department of a tertiary care centre. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was in the Emergency Department of a dedicated trauma center from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (Reference number: 148412078179). Demographic profile, pattern, and mechanism of hand Injuries of all 96 consecutive patients were assessed after taking informed consent. Convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. RESULTS: Among 4679 patients visiting the emergency department of the trauma center, hand injuries were seen in 96 (2.05%) (1.64-2.46, 95% Confidence Interval). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of hand injuries was found to be lower than other similar studies done in similar settings. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2023-01 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10089049/ /pubmed/37203910 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7969 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Thapa, Anurag Singh
Rai, Shankar Man
Nakarmi, Kiran Kishor
Karki, Bishal
Magar, Mangal Gharti
Nagarkoti, Krishna Kumar
Dahal, Peeyush
Maharjan, Niran
Pokharel, Pashupati Babu
Lamichhane, Apar
Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_full Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_fullStr Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_short Hand Injury among Patients Visiting Emergency Department in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_sort hand injury among patients visiting emergency department in a tertiary care centre: a descriptive cross-sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10089049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37203910
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7969
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