Characteristics of school injuries presenting to the emergency department
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-6186-6110 | |
| dc.authorid | 0000-0003-2823-9577 | |
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-9016-9701 | |
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-6132-0898 | |
| dc.authorid | 0000-0003-4284-0086 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Özdemir, Serdar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Akça, Hatice Şeyma | |
| dc.contributor.author | Algın, Abdullah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kokulu, Kamil | |
| dc.contributor.author | Özkan, Abuzer | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-20T07:50:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-20T07:50:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.department | Tıp Fakültesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | School injuries account for approximately one-fifth of pediatric injuries. We aimed to investigate the frequency and severity of school injuries among school-aged children and determine clinical diagnoses and surgery requirement data. Methods In this prospective study, children who were admitted to the emergency department due to school accidents over a 5-month period were included. Demographics, activity during trauma, mechanism of trauma, nature, severity, emergency department outcomes, and surgery requirement were evaluated. Results The study included a total of 504 school-aged children, of whom 327 (64.9%) were male and 177 (35.1%) were female. Of the children, 426 (84.5%) had no evidence of injury or minor injury, while 78 (15.5%) had moderate or severe injury. There was a statistically significant difference between these two groups in terms of gender ( p = 0.031). Of the 78 children with moderate or severe injuries, 45 had extremity fractures, 18 had lacerations, 5 had maxillofacial injuries, 4 had cerebral contusion, 1 had lung contusion, and 1 had cervical soft-tissue damage. Two patients with fractures and two with eyelid lacerations were treated surgically, and four patients with brain contusion were hospitalized for a close follow-up. Conclusion This study revealed that the most common moderate or severe injuries in school accidents referred to emergency department were distal radius fractures and lacerations. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1055/s-0042-1748832 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 66 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 61 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https:/dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1748832 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/9993 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 12 | en_US |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | PMC | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Avicenna J Med | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | School | |
| dc.subject | Child | |
| dc.subject | Injury | |
| dc.subject | Fracture | |
| dc.subject | Lacerations | |
| dc.subject | School Health | |
| dc.title | Characteristics of school injuries presenting to the emergency department | |
| dc.type | Article |
