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Background: Trauma is the most common cause of death in labor population. Polytrauma, especially hypovolemic shock and trauma brain injury, has higher mortality rate than the others. Objectives: We conducted this study to determine demographic, cause and clinical manifestations of traumatic inpatients at Thong Nhat hospital. Method: A prospective study was done on traumatic patients at department of Emergency Medicine from January to June 2016. Results: 672 traumatic patients were enrolled, The mean age was 48.84, male : female ratio 2:1. Labor population was prominant with 67.7%. Traffic accident was 306 cases (45.2%). The common traumatic sites were extremity injury, head trauma with 61.9%; 23.5%, respectively. ISS and Glasgow score indicated the prediction to mortality. Death and severe disability were 1.9%. Conclusions: Traumatic patients were young, mainly in labor population. Male was more common than female.Traffic accident was common cause. Extremity injury was the most common traumatic site. Key words: Trauma patient, ISS score, Deparment of Emergency Medicine |
