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Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes
BACKGROUND: Globally, road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a leading cause of disability and trauma-related deaths. We aimed to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of RTIs in our environment to provide the evidence for effective control measures. METHODS: This was a 1-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32904531 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_18_19 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Globally, road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a leading cause of disability and trauma-related deaths. We aimed to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of RTIs in our environment to provide the evidence for effective control measures. METHODS: This was a 1-year retrospective study of all patients with RTIs treated at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria. RESULTS: Four hundred and twenty-one patients with 484 injuries were studied. The mean age of the patients was 34.4 ± 14.6 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 3.3:1. Most of the injuries occurred on intercity roads/highways (48.7%) and involved motorcycle crashes (31%). Soft-tissue injuries (27.7%) and fractures (21.9%) were the most common types of injuries. The lower extremities were the most common sites of injury. The mean injury-arrival interval was 23.2 ± 2.4 h. The injury severity score (ISS) ranged from 1 to 50, with a mean of 9.2 ± 2.9. The 1-year mortality rate was 10.7%. Traumatic brain injury, open vehicular injuries, and increased ISS were the potential risk factors for mortality. CONCLUSION: Soft-tissue injuries and fractures were the most common types of injuries. The majority of the injuries occurred on the inter-city roads and highways and involved head-on-collisions with motorcycles. The young male adults were the most commonly affected age group. |
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spelling | pubmed-74562852020-09-04 Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes Onyemaechi, Ndubuisi O. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Globally, road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a leading cause of disability and trauma-related deaths. We aimed to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of RTIs in our environment to provide the evidence for effective control measures. METHODS: This was a 1-year retrospective study of all patients with RTIs treated at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria. RESULTS: Four hundred and twenty-one patients with 484 injuries were studied. The mean age of the patients was 34.4 ± 14.6 years, and the male-to-female ratio was 3.3:1. Most of the injuries occurred on intercity roads/highways (48.7%) and involved motorcycle crashes (31%). Soft-tissue injuries (27.7%) and fractures (21.9%) were the most common types of injuries. The lower extremities were the most common sites of injury. The mean injury-arrival interval was 23.2 ± 2.4 h. The injury severity score (ISS) ranged from 1 to 50, with a mean of 9.2 ± 2.9. The 1-year mortality rate was 10.7%. Traumatic brain injury, open vehicular injuries, and increased ISS were the potential risk factors for mortality. CONCLUSION: Soft-tissue injuries and fractures were the most common types of injuries. The majority of the injuries occurred on the inter-city roads and highways and involved head-on-collisions with motorcycles. The young male adults were the most commonly affected age group. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7456285/ /pubmed/32904531 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_18_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Onyemaechi, Ndubuisi O. Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
title | Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
title_full | Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
title_fullStr | Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
title_full_unstemmed | Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
title_short | Road traffic injuries in a Nigerian referral trauma center: Characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
title_sort | road traffic injuries in a nigerian referral trauma center: characteristics, correlates, and outcomes |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32904531 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_18_19 |
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