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Egresos por lesiones externas en un hospital de Ciudad Juárez, México

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2012
Author
Díaz-Apodaca, Beatriz A
De Cosio, Federico G
Moye-Elizalde, Gustavo
Fornelli-Laffon, Felipe F
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In Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, morbidity and mortality from injuries have increasedalarmingly since 2008. This paper aims to examine the changes in the numberof hospital discharges for external injuries recorded during the 2008 2010 period in ahospital in Ciudad Juarez. A descriptive retrospective study conducted at the CiudadJuarez General Hospital looked at the incidence of external injuries as the reason forhospital discharges during the period under analysis. The average proportion of hospitaldischarges attributed to external injuries was 27%, with the 25 44-year-old agegroup being the most affected. More than half of the discharges were for fractures.The incidence rate of hospital discharges attributed to injuries in Ciudad Juarez wasalmost four times greater than that reported at the national level.(AU)
 
En Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua), México, la morbilidad y la mortalidad por lesiones aumentaronen forma alarmante a partir de 2008. El presente trabajo se propone determinar los cambiosen el número de egresos hospitalarios por causas externas registrados durante el período 2008 2010 en un hospital de dicha ciudad. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo descriptivo sobre laincidencia de causas externas como causa de egreso hospitalario en los años antes mencionadosen el Hospital General Ciudad Juárez. La media de egresos hospitalarios por causas externasfue de 27%, con el grupo etario de 25 a 44 años como el más afectado. Las fracturas fueron lacausa de más de la mitad de los egresos. Los egresos hospitalarios por lesiones en Ciudad Juárezpresentan una incidencia casi cuatro veces mayor que la reportada a nivel nacional.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;31(5),mayo 2012
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Violence; Wounds and Injuries; injuries; Wounds, Gunshot; Mexico; Violencia; Heridas y Traumatismos; lesiones; Heridas por Arma de Fuego; Mexico; Hospitais; Alta do Paciente; Violência; Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo; Incidência; Mexico; Estudos Retrospectivos; Risco; Ferimentos e Lesões
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9317
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Díaz-Apodaca, Beatriz A,De Cosio, Federico G,Moye-Elizalde, Gustavo,Fornelli-Laffon, Felipe F (2012) Egresos por lesiones externas en un hospital de Ciudad Juárez, México. Rev Panam Salud Publica;31(5) 443-446,mayo 2012.
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