TY - JOUR
T1 - Retrospective statistical study of thoracic trauma patients in al-hussein hospital, al-azhar university
AU - Ibrahim, Shaban Ragab
AU - Abdelaziz, Ahmed Ezzat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Background: Trauma is reported to be the leading cause of death. Thoracic trauma comprises 10-15% of all traumas. Thoracic trauma directly accounts for approximately 25% of trauma related mortality and is a contributing factor in another 25%. Eastern Mediterranean region had one of the highest rates of trauma mortalities around the world. Objective: to determine chest trauma cases as regards the pattern, etiology, type of chest trauma, management and outcome of chest trauma in Al-Hussein Hospital, Al-Azhar University. Patients and methods: A retrospective study was done on one hundred patients with traumatic chest injuries admitted to Al-Hussein Hospital, Al-Azhar University and were randomly chosen. Data were collected from patient’s files. Results: The highest incidence of thoracic trauma was found in age groups of 3rd and 4th fourth decades. The cause of trauma was work related; 42%, assault; 31%, road traffic accident; 20% respectively. Forty seven percent of cases had open cardiothoracic injury, 26% had closed lung injury and hemothorax, and 18% had chest cage fracture while 9% had pneumothorax only. Conclusion: Assault related injury was found to be the commonest cause of chest trauma followed by road and motor car accident, which could be explained by characters of population activities in the area surrounding Al-Hussein hospital.
AB - Background: Trauma is reported to be the leading cause of death. Thoracic trauma comprises 10-15% of all traumas. Thoracic trauma directly accounts for approximately 25% of trauma related mortality and is a contributing factor in another 25%. Eastern Mediterranean region had one of the highest rates of trauma mortalities around the world. Objective: to determine chest trauma cases as regards the pattern, etiology, type of chest trauma, management and outcome of chest trauma in Al-Hussein Hospital, Al-Azhar University. Patients and methods: A retrospective study was done on one hundred patients with traumatic chest injuries admitted to Al-Hussein Hospital, Al-Azhar University and were randomly chosen. Data were collected from patient’s files. Results: The highest incidence of thoracic trauma was found in age groups of 3rd and 4th fourth decades. The cause of trauma was work related; 42%, assault; 31%, road traffic accident; 20% respectively. Forty seven percent of cases had open cardiothoracic injury, 26% had closed lung injury and hemothorax, and 18% had chest cage fracture while 9% had pneumothorax only. Conclusion: Assault related injury was found to be the commonest cause of chest trauma followed by road and motor car accident, which could be explained by characters of population activities in the area surrounding Al-Hussein hospital.
KW - Al-Hussein Hospital
KW - Thoracic trauma
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85119590400
U2 - 10.21608/EJHM.2021.175174
DO - 10.21608/EJHM.2021.175174
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119590400
SN - 1687-2002
VL - 84
SP - 1650
EP - 1654
JO - Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
JF - Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
IS - 1
M1 - 3
ER -