| Autor: |
Vieira Rde C; Estácio de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brasil. ritinhacav@yahoo.com.br, Hora EC, de Oliveira DV, Vaez AC |
| Jazyk: |
portugalština |
| Zdroj: |
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P [Rev Esc Enferm USP] 2011 Dec; Vol. 45 (6), pp. 1359-63. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0080-62342011000600012 |
| Abstrakt: |
The trauma caused by motorcycle accidents affects a large number of victims and is a serious public health problem in Brazil. This documental study was performed with a quantitative approach with the objective to raise epidemiological data from 554 motorcycle accident victims assisted in September and October 2006 in a referral center for trauma of Sergipe. The result analysis shows a predominance of men (82.7%) with mean age of 27.78 years, who were admitted during the night shift (45.9%), Sunday (27.3%), whose injuries were abrasions (n=169) on the head, face and neck. The victims stayed in the hospital for up to 12 hours (76%) and were discharged. Of the registered cases, 14.6% were suspected of having consumed alcohol and 19.3% were not wearing a helmet during the accident. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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