Characteristics of the injuries of Syrian refugees sustained during the civil war

Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES
Betül Kocamer ŞimşekGüner Dağlı

Abstract

During a war, many civilians are severely injured by firearms, bombs, and shrapnel. The triage of war injuries involves difficult and complicated processes requiring surgical procedures and patient monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of hospitals. In this study, we examine the demographic, traumatic, and critical care characteristics of cases injured during the civil war in Syria and requiring emergency surgery. Electronic data of the traumatic, surgical, and ICU monitoring features of 707 patients admitted to Kilis Public Hospital between March 2012 and January 2013 were analyzed retrospectively RESULTS: Most of the patients reported having been injured due to firearms (83.75%). Of the 707 cases studied in this work, 93.2% was male. Male patients reported a mean age of 26.1±12.1 years, while pediatric cases reported a mean age of 11.7±3.41 years. The most frequently injured region of the body was the head-neck region (52.7%). The New Injury Severity Score (NISS) of the cases was 42.5±11.2 and their American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score was 3.2±0.7. The number of cases with intraoperative exitus was 7, while the number of cases who had undergone damage control surgery was 204. The number of cases hospitalize...Continue Reading

Citations

Sep 12, 2020·International Orthopaedics·F WichlasC Deininger
Mar 11, 2020·BMC Emergency Medicine·Andrés Isaza-RestrepoÁngela María Ruiz-Sternberg
Oct 30, 2021·Zhurnal voprosy neĭrokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko·Sh Kh GizatullinD V Svistov

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