Acosta TJ, Pérez CM

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ABSTRACT

Objective: to describe the epidemiological characteristics that distinguish patients classified with accidents or unintentional injuries treated in the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Provincial Hospital of Cabinda.
Materials and methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was carried out in a population of 320 patients diagnosed under this heading, treated in the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Provincial Hospital of Cabinda, Angola, from January 2007 to September 2009. The type of The lesion was grouped according to the X International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health-Related Problems. The variables age, sex, type of injury, toxic substance ingested and month of the year were analyzed, contingency tables were prepared and plotted through the XLSTAT program.
Results: the main morbidity by type of accidents involved falls (49.06%), penetration of foreign bodies (14.68%), poisonings (13.75%), transportation (9.06%) and burns (5 , 62%). The age of 5 to 10 years predominated (53.12%), and the male sex (60.31%). The poisonings were more frequent between the ages between 5 and 10 years (77.72%) corresponding to the substances ingested in greater proportions to the oil (63.62%), medicines (6.81%), and caustic components (6.81 %). The time of increase in accidents was from june to september.
Conclusions: the types of accidents represented by falls, penetration by foreign bodies, poisonings, transport and burns showed remarkable morbidity in the population reaching the highest sex age and ages from 5 to 10 years, during the dry season, which determines a cardinal health problem in the pediatric population in Cabinda.

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