Impact of Injuries on Hospital Resource Utilization Among Trauma Patients Admitted due to Accidents Caused by Farm Animals

This study examined the impact of injuries on the hospital resource utilization rate among trauma patients admitted to the Johnson City Medical Center (TN, USA), a rural Level I trauma center, due to accidents caused by farm animals. A total of 52 patients aged >3 years were studied, with the ave...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Proctor, Rebecca, Leonard, Matthew, Lawson, Christy, Linh, Ha, Quinn, Megan, Burns, Bracken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596086
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8270
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Sumario:This study examined the impact of injuries on the hospital resource utilization rate among trauma patients admitted to the Johnson City Medical Center (TN, USA), a rural Level I trauma center, due to accidents caused by farm animals. A total of 52 patients aged >3 years were studied, with the average age being 44 years. Patients above 65 years of age made up almost a quarter of the study population (23%); 63% of the patient population were male. All patients survived their injuries. Twenty-six percent of the patients required orthopedic intervention, with the majority of those patients being male (nine males, five females).

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