Rodríguez Núñez A, Cid Fernández E, Tojo Sierra R, Martinón Sánchez J M
Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela.
An Esp Pediatr. 1996 May;44(5):461-3.
To review serious childhood injuries provoked by tractors in our country and to propose adequate preventative strategies.
Clinical data of eleven children admitted to our unit due to a tractor related accident have been evaluated.
The majority of the events occurred in males and during the summer months, resulting in polytraumatisms with the abdominal region affected in most cases. Mortality was very high (64%).
Accidents with tractors are a major preventable morbimortality factor in rural areas. Several preventive strategies that could reduce the incidence and severity of these injuries are proposed.
回顾我国因拖拉机导致的儿童严重伤害情况，并提出适当的预防策略。
对因拖拉机相关事故入住本单位的11名儿童的临床资料进行了评估。
大多数事件发生在男性儿童及夏季，导致多发伤，多数情况下腹部受影响。死亡率非常高（64%）。
拖拉机事故是农村地区主要的可预防的致病致死因素。提出了几种可降低这些伤害发生率和严重程度的预防策略。
