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Descriptive Study of the Clinical Characteristics of Trauma Patients in the West Southern Kyungsangnam-do Area  

Kang, Chang Woo (Department of Emergency Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
Park, In Sung (Department of Emergency Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Dong Hoon (Department of Emergency Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Trauma and Injury / v.18, no.2, 2005 , pp. 148-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to gather descriptive data on trauma victims and to observe the general demographic characteristics and clinical profile of trauma victims who were admitted to a regional emergency medical center in the west southern Kyungsangnam-do area. Objects & Method: The study population consisted of 1,909 trauma patients who visited the emergency department of Gyeongsang National University Hospital between January 2003 and December 2004. The medical records were reviewed in a retrospective manner. Demographic data, the mechanism of injury, and clinical information were collected by three professional medical affairs recorders and an emergency physician and a Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and an Injury Severity Score (ISS) were calculated for each patient. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS software version 12.0. Results: Male patients outmembered female patients (M:F=2.54:1), and the mean age of the population was $40.5{\pm}21.4$ years. The mean RTS and ISS were $7.45{\pm}1.11$ and $8.40{\pm}7.44$, respectively. The seventies showed the highest ISS($10.94{\pm}8.66$). The most common mechanism of injury was motor-vehicle accidents (45.57%), followed by falls or slips(28.26%), and other blunt injuries(12.68%). The most frequent causes of death was cerebral herniation due to head injury(68.4%) and irreversible shock(26.3%). Conclusion: The present study clarified the demographic and clinical characteristics of trauma patients in the Kyungsangnam-do area. In the future, prospective clinical data collection is needed for a more sophisticated trauma study.
Keywords
Trauma; Injury severity score; Revised trauma score; Descriptive study;
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