Chief complaints associated with mortality involving civilian transport after Wen-chuan earthquake
| Autor: | Yu Hai-fang, Nie Hu, Du Xin-miao, He Ya-rong, Hu Hai, Wan Zhi, Ye Lei, Zhang Shu, Lau Wayne Bond, Cao Yu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male China Emergency Medical Services medicine.medical_specialty Disasters Altered Mental Status Earthquakes medicine Humans Risk factor Trunk Injury business.industry West china Case-control study Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Confidence interval Transportation of Patients Case-Control Studies Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Wounds and Injuries Female Medical emergency Risk of death business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 21:364-367 |
| ISSN: | 0969-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/mej.0000000000000104 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES Previous studies have reported that civilian transport is a mortality risk factor in low-resource communities. Few studies have analyzed the chief complaints associated with mortality involving civilian transport after an earthquake.Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine whether mortality resulting from medical professional transport differs from that involving civilian transport, and if so, the chief complaints associated with mortality involving civilian transport after the Wen-chuan earthquake. METHODS A hospital-based case-control study was conducted. Cases included all victims transported by civilians to West China Hospital from the disaster area (n=473). Controls included all victims transported by medical professionals to West China Hospital (n=1452). We further analyze six potential chief complaints of death to clarify the specific contributing chief complaints associated with mortality involving civilian transport. RESULTS Civilian transport is associated with significantly greater mortality compared with medical professional transport (Pearson's χ-test: P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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