Falls from height: A retrospective analysis

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dc.authorscopusid56291019600
dc.authorscopusid55218200500
dc.authorscopusid11738942300
dc.authorscopusid58344627200
dc.authorscopusid57062194100
dc.authorscopusid54925222500
dc.contributor.authorTurgut K.
dc.contributor.authorSarihan M.E.
dc.contributor.authorColak C.
dc.contributor.authorGüven T.
dc.contributor.authorGür A.
dc.contributor.authorGürbüz S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:02:37Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:02:37Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Emergency services manage trauma patients frequently and falls from height comprise the main cause of emergency service admissions. In this study, we aimed to analyse the demographic characteristics of falls from height and their relationship to the mortality. METHODS: A total of 460 patients, who admitted to the Emergency Department of Inonu University between November 2011 and November 2014 with a history of fall from height, were examined retrospectively. Demographic parameters, fall characteristics and their effect to mortality were evaluated statistically. RESULTS: The study comprised of 292 (63.5%) men and 168 (36.5%) women patients. The mean age of all patients was 27±24.99 years. Twenty-six (5.6%) patients died and the majority of them were in ?62 years old group. The highest percentage of falls was at 0–5 years age group (28.3%). People fell mainly from 1.1–4 metres(m) level (46.1%). The causes of falls were ordered as unintentional (92.2%), workplace (8.1%) and suicidal (1.7%). Skin and soft tissue injuries (37.4%) were the main traumatic lesions. CONCLUSION: Age, fall height, fall place, linear skull fracture, subarachnoidal hemorrhage, cervical fracture, thoracic vertebra fracture and trauma scores had statistically significant effect on mortality. The casualties died because of subarachnoid hemorrhage mostly. © 2018 World Journal of Emergency Medicineen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5847/WJEM.J.1920-8642.2018.01.007
dc.identifier.issn1920-8642
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85113910325en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5847/WJEM.J.1920-8642.2018.01.007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/91834
dc.identifier.volume9en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSecond Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicineen_US
dc.relation.ispartofWorld Journal of Emergency Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEmergency medicineen_US
dc.subjectFallsen_US
dc.subjectMortalityen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.titleFalls from height: A retrospective analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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