scholarly journals Injury characteristics and outcome of road traffic accident among victims at Adult Emergency Department of Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a prospective hospital based study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Seid ◽  
Aklilu Azazh ◽  
Fikre Enquselassie ◽  
Engida Yisma
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Injury Characteristics ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital

scholarly journals Spectrum of Injury Presenting to Emergency Department in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (229) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Thapa ◽  
Anup Raj Upreti ◽  
Bishow Raj Dawadi
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Injury is one of the major global public health problems causing significant number of death and disability. The study aims to study the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients presented in emergency department with injury. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital from September 2019 to February 2020 after obtaining ethical approval from Institutional review board (reference number 007-076/077). A convenient sampling method was applied. Epidemiological factors, chronological factors, causes of injury, anatomical distribution, pattern of injury were studied. Statistical analysis was done using statistical package for the social sciences version 20. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Out of 197 patients, 72 (36.5%) patients had fall followed by road traffic accident 57 (28.9%). Of total, 80 (40.6%) had injury at home and 80 (40.6%) had cut injury. Head and neck accounted for 66 (33.5%) of total injury followed by upper Extremities 50 (25.4%) and lower extremities 47 (23.9%). Eighty-seven (44.2%) of the patients visited emergency within 30 minutes of sustained injury. Conclusions: The top three leading causes of injuries visiting emergency department were: fall, Road Traffic Accident and physical assaults respectively. The most common mode was fall being cut as most common pattern. Head and neck was the most commonest site of injury. The common place of injury was home.

scholarly journals Management of Traumatic Injuries of Road Traffic Accident Victims in the City of Ouagadougou at the University Hospital Trauma Emergency Department-Yalgado Ouédraogo

2019 ◽  
Vol 09 (10) ◽  
pp. 212-223
Author(s):  
Alexandre S. Korsaga ◽  
Anatole J. I. Ouedraogo ◽  
Sayouba Tinto ◽  
Ives R. Kieno ◽  
Mamoudou Sawadogo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Traumatic Injuries ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of a New Emergency Triage System on Head Injury Mortality: Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Emergency Department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (s1) ◽  
pp. s103-s103
Author(s):  
helena Fantaye ◽  
Amanuel Lomencho ◽  
Pol de vos
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Head Injury ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Intervention Period ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Triage System ◽  
Post Intervention Period ◽  
Injury Mortality ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital

Introduction:One of the improvements in Ethiopia’s emergency medical system was the introduction of a five-level Emergency Triage System (ETS) in January 2015 that was piloted in selected Addis Ababa hospitals.Aim:To assess the effect of this intervention on the head injury mortality in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) Emergency Department (ED).Methods:Data were retrospectively collected from all medical records of head injury patients seen in Adult TASH- ED over two 6 months periods, before and after the new Emergency Triage System implementation: 01/04/2014 – 30/09/2014 versus 01/04/2016 – 30/09/2016. An inclusion criterion was age above 13 for the records that could be retrieved. Exclusion criterion was “patient declared dead on arrival.” Mortality and patterns of head injury were compared pre- and post-intervention. Chi-square was used for the analysis using STATA 14.Results:A total of 522 Head injury patients were analyzed in the ED in both the pre- 258 and post-264 intervention study periods. Among head injury admission in the ED in both study periods, the highest number of patients were Road Traffic Accident/RTA/ victims, males and young age (<30). Mortality rate among head injury patients decreased from a pre-intervention 44 (17.05%) to post-intervention 27 (10.2%) (OR=0.55 9. 5% CI (0.32, 0.95), p=0.02). The median age of death was 45 years in pre- and 40 years in the post-intervention period, with ages ranging from 13 to 85 and 13 to 96 years, respectively. The proportion of deaths from moderate head injury decreased significantly from 14.0% in pre-intervention to 6.3% in the post-intervention period, respectively (p<0.001).Discussion:The Emergency Triage System at TASH-ED has decreased mortality caused by head injury. This could increase life years saved and productivity in a cost-effective and easily achievable way in resource-poor settings.

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