Trauma de extremidades en la ciudad de Santa Marta

Abstract

It was developed transversal descriptive study, in order to know the trauma members frequency in Urgency consult at the first Hospitalary Center of Santa Marta City between January 2003 and June 2004. The variables enlisted were anatomic region affected, patient age, male or female, origin place, extern cause that originated the trauma and days of hospitalary attention when it was needed. Ambulatory and hospitalary management for these patients was developed by specialist medical doctors at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service of this third level attention Hospitalary Center. The total consults in the stableshied period for member’s traumatism was 2.052. From these, 1.420 (69.2%), were for superior members trauma and 632 (30.8%) were for the inferior members trauma. The consult total due of trauma in all regions was 3.838 patients. The results were similarly at others results in national or international reviews, with little differences inherent at local situations.