P.3.20 Hospitalization outcomes of road traffic injury patients in the largest hospital in the philippines

BackgroundRoad traffic injuries claim are among the leading causes of preventable death, claiming around 7000 lives every year. Accordingly, injuries to the head and neck are the main causes of death and disability.ObjectiveThis aimed to identify the determinants of prolonged length of stay in the h...

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Published in:Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2019-04, Vol.76 (Suppl 1), p.A101-A102
Main Author: Lu, Sophia Francesca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Coma
Demographics
Demography
Head and neck
Head injuries
Injuries
Injury prevention
Intoxication
Prediction models
Preventable deaths
Protective equipment
Roads
Torso
Traffic accidents & safety
Traffic models
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Summary:BackgroundRoad traffic injuries claim are among the leading causes of preventable death, claiming around 7000 lives every year. Accordingly, injuries to the head and neck are the main causes of death and disability.ObjectiveThis aimed to identify the determinants of prolonged length of stay in the hospital among victims of road traffic injury.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted. Socio-demographics, accident details (e.g. time of injury, type of victim, other party to the accident, time to admission, intoxication, and helmet use), the Glasgow Coma Score upon admission, head injuries, torso injuries, injuries to the limbs, and length of stay) were abstracted from the patient charts and cleaned accordingly. The predictor model for the determinants of prolonged length of stay in the hospital was built.ResultsThere were 427 road traffic injury victims that were admitted during the time period considered. The distribution of the time to admission differed between those who have a short length of stay and long stay differed significantly (p
ISSN:1351-0711
1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/OEM-2019-EPI.279