Epidemiology of traumatic injuries presenting to an ED in Central Haiti: a retrospective cohort study.
Shada A RouhaniHenry Claude EliacinMarie Cassandre EdmondKeegan A CheckettLinda RimpelRegan H MarshPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2019)
In this trauma population, RTIs and falls were the most common trauma mechanisms, safety feature use was rare, and most injuries were musculoskeletal. Presentation was delayed and mortality was low, but many patients required surgery. These findings have significant clinical, public health, operational and training implications.
Keyphrases
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- emergency department
- spinal cord injury
- chronic kidney disease
- machine learning
- case report
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- trauma patients
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass
- type diabetes
- surgical site infection
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported
- community dwelling