Trauma Registry of the Pan American Society of Trauma: One year of experience in two referral centers in the colombian southwestern

Colombia Médica

Francisco Javier Bonilla-Escobar⁷  Carlos Alberto Ordoñez⁸  Mónica Morales²  Fernando Miñán Arana³  Mario Alain Herrera^1,10  Luis Fernando Pino^1,10  Johanna Carolina Rojas-Mirquez²  Rao R. Ivatury⁶  Adolfo González^1,10  Michael Abutanos⁹  Juan Carlos Puyana⁴  Maria Isabel Gutiérrez-Martínez¹  Amadeus Uribe-Gómez⁵  Marisol Badiel^1,10 

[1] Cisalva Institute - Universidad del Valle;-Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, ColombiaHospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia-Grupo de Investigación Epidemiología del Trauma y las Lesiones, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;Global Health Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.;-Fundación Valle de Lili, Cali, Colombia-Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia;Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA;-Global Health Research Group, Division of Trauma and General Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA-Instituto CISALVA, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;-Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia-Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia-Fundación Valle de Lili, Cali, Colombia-Grupo de Investigación Epidemiología del Trauma y las Lesiones, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA;-Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia-Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia

关键词: Emergency care information systems;    registries;    data systems;    trauma;    wounds and injuries;    trauma severity indices;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Universidad del Valle * Facultad de Salud / Universidad del Valle, Faculty of Health

【 摘 要 】

Background:Emergency care information systems in trauma are essential to improve the decision making and identify potential areas of intervention.Objective:To describe the first year of experience of trauma registry in two reference trauma centers of the southwestern Colombia.Methods:A study conducted in two reference trauma centers of Cali city. There were included those patients with any injury from external causes or trauma occurred between January 1st and December 31st of 2012. Information related with demographics, injury mechanism, severity injury (ISS) and mortality were collected. We presented a descriptive analysis.Results:There were registered 17,431 patients whereof 67.8% were male with a mean of 30 (±20) years old. Workplace injuries were the 28.2% cause of emergency consultation, and falls were the most prevalent trauma mechanism. Majority of patients with a ISS �?15 were in a range age of 18-35 years (6.4%). The 28% of patients with gunshot wounds had a ISS �?15. An overall of 2.5% of included patients died and those who had a ISS �?15 and gunshot wounds showed a mortality of 54%.Conclusion:Upon the implementation of the trauma registry in two main hospitals of Cali city, we identify that falls and workplace injuries were the leading cause of admission to the emergency room. Severely compromised patients are in the range age of 18-35 years old. Mortality was higher for those patients who suffered gunshot wounds.

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