منابع مشابه
Paediatric and adolescent trauma care within an integrated trauma system.
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to establish the profile and outcomes of paediatric major trauma care (PTMC) within an integrated inclusive regionalised trauma system. METHODS Prospectively collected data from July 2001 to June 2009 from the Victorian State Trauma Registry of patients aged <18 years were reviewed. RESULTS There were 1634 major trauma cases with a median (IQR) age of 13...
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Until the late 60s and early 70s of the last century, medical trauma care received very little attention in most communities or from health care providers. Emergency medical care became a focus of widespread and continuing attention following publication in 1966 of the landmark report of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC): Accidental Death and Disabil...
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In our recent study (Bamjee, 1993; Bamjee et at.. 1996), the prevalence of maxillofacial injuries in a South African paedi atric population was investigated. In an analysis of 4 192 facial trauma cases, approximately 8 per cent of patients were children under 18 years of age and fewer than 3 percent were children 12 years of age or less. Several substantial reviews (Rowe, 1968; Hoof and Merkx,...
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Ocular injuries are the most common cause of acquired uniocular blindness in children. Paediatric ocular injuries are distinct from those in adults in many ways. Ocular trauma in children is mainly accidental and has an age-specific pattern. Children are most frequently injured at home by common and relatively innocuous objects. Most injuries occur by mechanical trauma. Penetrating trauma invol...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0189-6725
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.70409