Three-month pattern of road traffic injuries at a Kenyan level 4 hospital
| Autor: | Faraj O. Alkizim, Duncan Mwangangi Matheka, Mercy Nzilani Kitonyi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Kenya Adolescent Road traffic crashes Naivasha Kenya vulnerable road users Short Communication Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Young Adult Naivasha Injury prevention medicine Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Child Road traffic crashes Aged Retrospective Studies lcsh:R5-920 business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Accidents Traffic Human factors and ergonomics lcsh:RA1-1270 Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged Hospitals District medicine.disease Lower Extremity Child Preschool Public hospital Emergency medicine Wounds and Injuries Female Medical emergency lcsh:Medicine (General) business human activities vulnerable road users |
| Zdroj: | The Pan African Medical Journal Pan African Medical Journal; Vol 20, No 1 (2015) The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 20, Iss 78 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.78.5206 |
| Popis: | Road traffic injuries continue to exert a huge burden on the health care system in Kenya. Few studies on the pattern of road traffic injuries have been conducted in Kenya. We therefore carried out a retrospective study to determine the pattern of road traffic injuries seen in a public hospital in Naivasha district, Kenya. A retrospective study on surgical patients admitted at Naivasha District Hospital over a three month period was carried out. Eighty two percent of all patients injured in the crashes were men, and eighty percent were aged between 20-49 years. Most of the patients sustained lower limb injuries (41.5%) followed by head injuries (35.4%). Thirty one percent were pedestrians, 27.7% cyclists, 24.6% passengers and 16.9% motor vehicle drivers at the time of injury. Road traffic crashes are a growing pandemic, leading to high morbidity and mortality. Efforts need to be taken to prevent injuries, long term complications and loss of lives that are robbing communities off loved ones, bread winners and productive manpower. |
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