Ng'ambi T M, Borgstein E S
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine.
Malawi Med J. 2005 Jun;17(1):5-6. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v17i1.10860.
We conducted an audit of paediatric trauma admissions to QECH, Blantyre, in September 2003. There were 107 trauma cases representing 8.8% of all paediatric admissions and mean age was 6 years. The commonest cause of trauma was falls (42.9%) followed by burns (31.8%) and road traffic accidents (14.9%). Of the road traffic accidents, only one case was a passenger, the rest were pedestrians hit by moving vehicles. Fracture of limbs was the commonest injury sustained (44.9%) and burns the second commonest injury (31.8%). Most (52.6%) children were brought into hospital within 24 hours of injury while 26.3% came in between 24 hours and 48 hours and 21.1% after 48 hours or more. Death occurred in 7.5% of cases. The mean number of days in hospital was 8.9 days.
2003年9月,我们对马拉维布兰太尔伊丽莎白女王中央医院(QECH)的儿科创伤入院病例进行了一次审核。共有107例创伤病例,占所有儿科入院病例的8.8%,平均年龄为6岁。创伤的最常见原因是跌倒(42.9%),其次是烧伤(31.8%)和道路交通事故(14.9%)。在道路交通事故中,只有1例是乘客,其余都是被行驶车辆撞到的行人。四肢骨折是最常见的受伤情况(44.9%),烧伤是第二常见的受伤情况(31.8%)。大多数(52.6%)儿童在受伤后24小时内被送往医院,26.3%在24小时至48小时之间入院,21.1%在48小时或更长时间后入院。7.5%的病例发生了死亡。平均住院天数为8.9天。