Rubaba
Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Title: Pediatric injuries resulting from television/TV trolley and other tip-overs seen in an urban emergency department in Karachi, Pakistan
Biography
Biography: Rubaba
Abstract
Introduction: Significant numbers of childhood deaths are occurring due to trauma with the high percentage of injuries within the home environment. More than 95% of all injury deaths in children occur in low-income and middle-income countries. The object was to describe injury patterns and outcomes for pediatric injuries resulting from TV/TV trolley and other tip-overs in Karachi, Pakistan Methods: We reviewed pediatric (<16 years) injuries struck by falling objects/TV/TV trolley retrospectively from January 2010 to December 2014. The patient medical records were reviewed for patient demographics, and event details. Parental telephonic interviews were also taken of the injured children to collect information about the injury scene and other factors that may inform prevention efforts. Results: From 2010-2014, 53 patients were visited DEM-AKUH following by TV trolley or other falling object injuries. ------- of the victim were males giving a male female ratio of--------. The mean age of children was (n=, %). (n=, %) were dead on arrival, (n=, %) were shifted to ward, (n=, %) were sent to home. Lower limb was the most common body area injured (n=, %) followed by upper limb (n=60, 18.5%) and head (n=34, 10.5%). More than half of the patients required surgical procedures (n=165, 50.77%), 33.8% (n=110) had simple dressing, 40.9% (n=133) had wound debridement and 15.96% (n=51) had laceration repair.