Falls from height: A retrospective analysis

turgut K., SARIHAN M. E., ÇOLAK C., GÜVEN T., GÜR A., GÜRBÜZ Ş.

WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.19-23, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2018.01.007
  • Dergi Adı: WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.19-23
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Trauma, Falls, Mortality, Emergency medicine, EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT, TRAUMA MANAGEMENT, INJURIES, BUILDINGS, DEATHS
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BACKGROUND: 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.