Gedlu E
Department of Paediatrics, Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia.
East Afr Med J. 1994 Dec;71(12):807-10.
A retrospective analysis of admissions due to unintentional injuries in children was conducted over a five year period (1988-1993) in a teaching hospital in north-western Ethiopia. Injuries accounted for 341 (4.8%) of 7055 admissions due to all causes in this period. Of 313 children whose data were analysed, 228 (63%) were male. The causes of injury were firearms (25%), falls (22%), burns (16%) and motor vehicle accidents (14%). Highest case fatality rates were found in foreign body aspiration (40%), burns (35%) and falls (22%). Most children who presented with burns had more than 15% body surface area affected on admission. Poisoning accounted for 6.8% of admissions and was mostly due to malathion. Animal related injuries accounted for less than 3% of the unintentional injury admissions. This is the first report on childhood injuries from the Gondar area.
在埃塞俄比亚西北部的一家教学医院，对1988年至1993年这五年间因意外伤害入院的儿童进行了回顾性分析。在此期间，意外伤害占所有病因导致的7055例入院病例中的341例（4.8%）。在分析数据的313名儿童中，228名（63%）为男性。受伤原因包括枪支（25%）、跌倒（22%）、烧伤（16%）和机动车事故（14%）。发现最高病死率出现在异物吸入（40%）、烧伤（35%）和跌倒（22%）中。大多数烧伤入院儿童的体表面积受影响超过15%。中毒占入院病例的6.8%，主要是由于马拉硫磷。与动物相关的伤害占意外伤害入院病例的比例不到3%。这是关于贡德尔地区儿童伤害的首份报告。
