TY - JOUR ID - 44290 TI - Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Fall Injuries in East Azerbaijan, Iran; A Cross-Sectional Study JO - Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma JA - BEAT LA - en SN - 2322-2522 AU - Ghaffari-fam, Saber AU - Sarbazi, Ehsan AU - Daemi, Amin AU - Sarbazi, Mohamadreza AU - Riyazi, Lachin AU - Sadeghi-Bazargani, Homayoun AU - Allahyari, Ali AD - Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 3 IS - Issue 3 SP - 104 EP - 110 KW - Epidemiology KW - Fall injury KW - Traumatic brain injury KW - Mortality KW - Iran DO - N2 - Objective: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of fall injuries in East Azerbaijan, Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on Hospital Information System (HIS) data for patients referred to the Imam Reza Hospital between 2008 and 2013. We recorded the demographic characteristics and epidemiological patterns of patients who were admitted to our center due to fall injuries. To standardize the reports the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the International Classification of Diseases 9 Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)was used. Equally, the hospitalization period and number, admission ward, and the final status of victims after discharge from the hospital were extracted from the HIS.Results: Overall we included a total number of 3397 patients with mean age of 39.2±22.7 years. There were 2501 (73.6%) men among the patients. Long bone fracture (48.1%) and intracranial injury (24.2%) were the most frequent injuries among fall injury victims. Operations on spinal cord and spinal canal structures (12.0%), Operations on nose (11.6%) were the most common operations being performed in these patients. The survival was significantly lower in patients with age more than 60 years when compared to other age groups (p=0.001).The survival rate was significantly lower in age group of >60 years, compared to other age groups (p=0.001).Conclusion: Given the high rate of fall injuries and death among the elderly that increases with age, appropriate measures must be taken to control and prevent injuries while prioritizing the elderly. UR - https://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_44290.html L1 - https://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_44290_f58cc2bf94fc46ba26584fbc873e9895.pdf ER -