[ Accidents de la vie courante secondaires à des chutes entrainant une hospitalisation ]
Volume 12, Issue 2, July 2015, Pages 355–363
Houda OUBEJA1, Hicham Zerhouni2, Mounir Erraji3, Fouad Ettayebi4, and Abdelmajid Soulaymani5
1 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
2 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
3 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
4 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
5 Laboratory of Genetics and Biometry, Faculty of Sciences of Kenitra, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Original language: French
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Falls represent one of the most frequent causes of unintentional home injuries.
To determine the prevalence of children who were hospitalized in the surgical pediatric emergencies department, in the Children's hospital of Rabat, Morocco, secondary to falls.
Methods: a transversal retrospective study about children with home-related injuries secondary to falls carried out between January 1 and June 30, 2014. Indicators included: age, gender, cause, month, lesions, duration and location of hospital staying, surgery and evolution. The data entered on Excel and analyzed by SPSS 13. Results: 498 files related to falls from 900 hospitalizations were studied. Male were 77,9% and the median of age was 9 years [4 years; 13 years]. The lesions were head injuries (116 cases), fractures (329 cases), and bipolar trauma (43patients). Length of stay is 24 hours in 74.3%. The majority of patients was hospitalized in the emergency department and received nonoperative treatment with a simple evolution (respectively 96.4%, 77.5% and 90.5%).
Author Keywords: falls, home related injuries, Child, trauma, hospitalization, Morocco.
Volume 12, Issue 2, July 2015, Pages 355–363
Houda OUBEJA1, Hicham Zerhouni2, Mounir Erraji3, Fouad Ettayebi4, and Abdelmajid Soulaymani5
1 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
2 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
3 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
4 Service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques, Hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Morocco
5 Laboratory of Genetics and Biometry, Faculty of Sciences of Kenitra, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Falls represent one of the most frequent causes of unintentional home injuries.
To determine the prevalence of children who were hospitalized in the surgical pediatric emergencies department, in the Children's hospital of Rabat, Morocco, secondary to falls.
Methods: a transversal retrospective study about children with home-related injuries secondary to falls carried out between January 1 and June 30, 2014. Indicators included: age, gender, cause, month, lesions, duration and location of hospital staying, surgery and evolution. The data entered on Excel and analyzed by SPSS 13. Results: 498 files related to falls from 900 hospitalizations were studied. Male were 77,9% and the median of age was 9 years [4 years; 13 years]. The lesions were head injuries (116 cases), fractures (329 cases), and bipolar trauma (43patients). Length of stay is 24 hours in 74.3%. The majority of patients was hospitalized in the emergency department and received nonoperative treatment with a simple evolution (respectively 96.4%, 77.5% and 90.5%).
Author Keywords: falls, home related injuries, Child, trauma, hospitalization, Morocco.
Abstract: (french)
les chutes représentent l'une des causes les plus fréquentes des accidents de la vie courante.
Objectif : déterminer le profil épidémiologique des enfants hospitalisés pour des traumatismes liés aux chutes. Matériels et méthodes : Nous avons réalisé une étude transversale rétrospective concernant les enfants hospitalisés au moins 24 heures au service des urgences chirurgicales pédiatriques de l'hôpital d'enfants de Rabat, Maroc, suite à des accidents de la vie courante, entre 1 Janvier 2014 et 30 Juin 2014. Les variables concernées sont l'âge, le sexe, les mois de l'année, les circonstances, les lésions, la durée et le lieu d'hospitalisation, la notion d'intervention chirurgicale ainsi que l'évolution. Les données étaient saisies sur Excel et analysées par SPSS13. Résultats : 900 hospitalisations pour accidents de la vie courante ont été retrouvées, 498 dossiers en rapport avec des chutes ont été retenus. Il existe une prédominance masculine (77,9%), avec une médiane d'âge de 9 ans [4 ans; 13 ans]. Les lésions causées étaient les traumatismes crâniens (116 cas), de fractures (329 cas),) et de traumatismes bipolaires (43 patients). La durée d'hospitalisation est de 24 heures dans 74,3%. La majorité des patients a été hospitalisée au service des urgences et a bénéficié d'un traitement non opératoire avec une évolution simple (Respectivement 96,4%, 77,5% et 90,5%).
Author Keywords: chutes, accident de la vie courante, enfant, traumatisme, hospitalisation, Maroc.
How to Cite this Article
Houda OUBEJA, Hicham Zerhouni, Mounir Erraji, Fouad Ettayebi, and Abdelmajid Soulaymani, “Home-related injuries and falls causing hospitalization,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 355–363, July 2015.
