Abstract

WILCHES BORNACELLI, LAURA et al. CHARACTERIZATION OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL OF BOGOTÁ. rev.fac.med [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.2, pp.50-59. ISSN 0121-5256.

Objectives: To describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients between 0 and 15 years of age hospitalized on 2011 due to a Pediatric trauma within the Hospital Militar Central. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was performed on pediatric patients of the Hospital Militar Central of Bogota, between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. From a total number of 1277 hospitalized patients due to trauma, 92 patients were taken with ages ranging from 0 to 15 years of age, from which 81 were indicated as admitted and they were included within the database; in order to describe the epidemiological characteristics of this group of patients, by determining the severity of the trauma, and if it was related to mortality; as well as the time of the year and the Schedule with the most prevalence of the trauma of the study population. Results: A predominance was found of trauma on male with a rate of 1.45:1 with the most frequent age group ranging from 11 to 15 years of age, with a total of 21 patients (26%). 71.6% (58 cases) from the admitted patients had a pediatric trauma index of 8 or higher. We did not find mortality associated to trauma within the studied casuistry. Conclusions: The study allowed to recognize the sociodemographic and clinical aspects of the pediatric population that is treated within the Hospital Militar Central, and the points to be intervened within the institution in order to provide a high quality care within hospital assistance; as well as the potential early prognosis to reduce the prevalence of the pathology mentioned before.

Keywords : Pediatric trauma; Pediatric Trauma Index; epidemiological characteristics of pediatric trauma.

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