Terror-related injuries in Somalia: a retrospective cohort of 2426 hospitalized cases along 7 years

Terrorism-related injuries and deaths have become a major threat to the Somalian population, as in the rest of the world. We aimed to characterize and compare firearm and explosion injuries caused by terrorist acts. This retrospective study reviewed the data of all patients injured by explosions and...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-10, Vol.12 (1), p.17213-17213, Article 17213
Main Authors: Arslan, Ebubekir, Mohamed, Abdikarim Hussein, Cetinkaya, Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
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Blast Injuries - complications
Epidemiology
Explosions
Female
Firearms
Hospitalization
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Injuries
Male
Mortality
multidisciplinary
Multiple Trauma - etiology
Patients
Resource utilization
Retrospective Studies
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Somalia
Suicide
Terrorism
Wounds
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Summary:Terrorism-related injuries and deaths have become a major threat to the Somalian population, as in the rest of the world. We aimed to characterize and compare firearm and explosion injuries caused by terrorist acts. This retrospective study reviewed the data of all patients injured by explosions and firearm attacks over seven years. Epidemiological characteristics, injury pattern, severity scores, hospital resource utilization parameters, length of stay, and death rates were evaluated. A total of 2426 patients were injured by 359 explosions and firearm attacks during the study period. Eighty-one percent of the patients (n = 1974) were male, while 19% of the cases were female. Multiple body site injuries occurred more frequently in explosion injuries (75%) than firearm wounds (48%) ( P  
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-22276-z