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UNINTENTIONAL CHILDREN'S INJURIES AT MANSOURA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL; PATTERNS AND OUTCOME

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Alaa M. Embabi , Farida abdelwahab , Adel Abdelghaffar , Osama M Embabi , Doaa Al emam
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s1-B.200

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Background: childhood unintentional injuries increased by more than 50% in East Africa making The African region bears the highest burden in the world Deaths attributable to injuries. Aim: estimate the proportion and patterns of unintentional children injuries and determine their risk factors and outcome from total injuries. Setting: main Emergency Hospital of Mansura University. Methods: Hospital based cross-sectional study conducted on 218 children out of 790 unintentional injured cases at Mansoura emergency hospital, using interviewer-administered questionnaire. Results: percent of unintentional children injury was (27.6%). school aged children were 67.4%. RTA was the most common mechanism of unintentional injury at school age (43.5%). While Falling was the most common at preschool age (63.4%). Fracture, deep injuries, complex trauma and burn were significanlty higher among children at school agewith OR= (11.1, 5.8,5,3.3 respectively). The rate of admission was higher among school age (OR= 2.9). Injuries at home occurred at higher significant level among preschool aged children, OR=15.4. Higher rate of death was detected among children aging from 6-18 years with no significance. a significant association between death and (RTA (p=0.01), complex injuries (p<0.001), polytrauma (p=0.005), coma (p<0.001) and Street as a place of injury (p<0.001). Conclusion and contribution: The majority of children at preschool age fell of the furniture While The majority of children at school age fell of the stairs. Most of the mothers of injuried preschool children were at work at the time of accident. Burns by hot liquids and electricital burns were the commonest among children from 0-5 years old

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