کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
102043 161304 2015 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The medico-legal evaluation of injuries from falls in pediatric age groups
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ارزیابی پزشکی قانونی از آسیب های ناشی از سقوط در گروه های سنی کودکان
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی ژنتیک
چکیده انگلیسی


• Falls take an important place in forensic medicine practice, which are evaluated preventive injury and deaths for medico legal aspect.
• Falls present high risk of mortality and morbidity and place a heavy financial burden on the healthcare system.
• Falls could be evaluated in public health problem due to more frequently seen in childhood age group in many country.
• For reducing these events, it can be reduced preventive measures should be taken in this age group.

Blunt trauma from accidental falls or intentional jumping from great heights occurs frequently in forensic medicine. The goal of this study was to investigate injuries due to falls in children under 19 years of age.Injuries from falls are the leading cause of visits to emergency departments and to deaths due to injuries. Various methods are used in the classification of falls. In this study, we have classified falls as “high-level” (≥5 m), “low-level” (<5 m) and “ground-level”.We have retrospectively evaluated 814 boys (61.18%) and 512 girls (38.62%), making up a total of 1326 children (under 19 years old) with the mean age of 7.85 ± 3.46, that were admitted to State Hospital between January 2009 and December 2013 due to falls from heights and falls on ground-level. Falls were low-level in 738 cases, high-level in 176 cases, and ground-level in 412 cases. Cases were categorized by gender, age, age group, fall height, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), injured body part(s), mortality rate, and distribution according to months.In conclusion, falls merit attention because of their high risk of mortality and morbidity, as well as their burden on medical budgets. If the medico-legal aspects of falls were evaluated with regard to preventive event or death, the importance of the topic could be better understood.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - Volume 31, April 2015, Pages 52–55
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