Abstract

A two-year retrospective statistical analysis of trauma cases in our institute

Highlights

  • From International Summit on Emergency Medicine and Trauma 2014 Puducherry, India. 12-16 February 2014. This is a retrospective study of trauma cases from January 2007-December 2009 (212 patients) to determine the incidence of gender, age, alcohol influence, mode of injury, time of injury, nature of injuries, hospital stay and to suggest preventive methods

  • Among 212 trauma patients 79.70% were road traffic accidents, men sustained more injuries (84%), mostly in the age group of 20-30 yrs (73%)

  • The need for prospective studies to further support and validate the findings of the study

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Summary

Objective

This is a retrospective study of trauma cases from January 2007-December 2009 (212 patients) to determine the incidence of gender, age, alcohol influence, mode of injury, time of injury, nature of injuries, hospital stay and to suggest preventive methods.

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