Sathiyasekaran B W
Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College, India.
J R Soc Health. 1991 Feb;111(1):10-1. doi: 10.1177/146642409111100104.
The study was conducted at the casualty department of Government General Hospital, Madras, South India. Accident trauma patients, 1906, have attended the above department during a continuous period of one month round the clock and accounted for 15.3% of the total attendance of patients to the casualty department. Of those brought to hospital following accident trauma 1.8% were dead, 35.1% were due to road traffic accidents, 21.7% to household accidents and 20.9% to occupational accidents. Of the accident traumas 46.9% occurred in the age group 21-40 years. Males accounted for 80% of the patients. Injuries involving lower extremities accounted for 35.4% of the total injuries; head injuries accounted for 29.5%. Of the injuries 5.8% were life threatening, 7.4% severely disabling, 35.9% disabling and the rest were trivial injuries.
该研究在印度南部马德拉斯政府总医院的急诊科进行。在连续一个月的时间里，全天候有1906名事故创伤患者前往上述科室就诊，占该急诊科患者总就诊人数的15.3%。在因事故创伤被送往医院的患者中，1.8%已死亡，35.1%因道路交通事故，21.7%因家庭事故，20.9%因职业事故。在事故创伤患者中，46.9%发生在21至40岁年龄组。男性占患者总数的80%。涉及下肢的损伤占总损伤的35.4%；头部损伤占29.5%。在这些损伤中，5.8%危及生命，7.4%严重致残，35.9%致残，其余为轻伤。
