Besse Micaela, Denari Ricardo, Villani Adrián, San Roque Mariamar, Rosado José, Sarotto Aníbal J
Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail:
Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Medicina (B Aires). 2018;78(3):158-162.
Traffic accidents cause 1.25 million deaths per year worldwide, being one of the leading causes of death in young people, and the first cause between the ages of 15 - 29. There has been an increase in accidents in the last 10 years, one of the reasons for this is the increase in the sales of motorcycles and its use. We present a retrospective study about the patients who received attention at Carlos G. Durand Hospital, (CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina) from January 2013 to December of 2015, with the intention of showing the medical and economic impact this accidents cause. Of a total of 4368 incoming patients assisted, due to traffic accidents, 67% (2926) were the result of motorcycle crashes; 18% of them required hospitalization. Males, and lower limbs lesions were predominant. Hospitalizations varied between 5 and 150 days, with 2.1 average surgeries per patient. The total cost was 16 767 037$, and in 2014 it represented 17 936 US$ per patient. These results show only partially the impact these accidents produce, because there are factors (like missing working days) that were unaccounted for. This is why it is necessary to generate awareness and develop more rigorous road safety and prevention policies, necessary to avoid accidents that increase spending on preventable conditions.
交通事故每年在全球造成125万人死亡，是年轻人死亡的主要原因之一，也是15至29岁人群中的首要死因。在过去十年中，事故有所增加，其中一个原因是摩托车销量及其使用量的增长。我们对2013年1月至2015年12月期间在卡洛斯·G·杜兰德医院（阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯自治市）接受治疗的患者进行了一项回顾性研究，旨在展示这些事故造成的医疗和经济影响。在总共4368名因交通事故前来就诊的患者中，67%（2926名）是摩托车碰撞事故的结果；其中18%的患者需要住院治疗。男性以及下肢损伤最为常见。住院时间从5天到150天不等，平均每位患者进行2.1次手术。总费用为16767037美元，2014年每位患者的费用为17936美元。这些结果仅部分显示了这些事故产生的影响，因为存在一些未计算在内的因素（如误工天数）。这就是为什么有必要提高认识并制定更严格的道路安全和预防政策，这对于避免增加可预防疾病支出的事故是必要的。
