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  4. Stab wounds in a Swiss emergency department: a series of 80 consecutive cases.
 
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Titre

Stab wounds in a Swiss emergency department: a series of 80 consecutive cases.

Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Swiss Medical Weekly  
Auteur(s)
Schreyer, N.
Auteure/Auteur
Carron, P.N.
Auteure/Auteur
Demartines, N.
Auteure/Auteur
Yersin, B.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Carron, Pierre-Nicolas  
Yersin, Bertrand  
Demartines, Nicolas  
Schreyer, Nicolas  
Liens vers les unités
Urgences  
Chirurgie viscérale  
ISSN
1424-3997
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2010
Volume
140
Numéro
w13058
Première page
E1
Dernière page/numéro d’article
E6
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Background: Interpersonal violence is a worldwide social reality which seems to increasingly affect even the safest of countries, such as Switzerland. In this country, road traffic accidents, as well as professional and recreational activities, are the main providers of trauma-related injuries. The incidence of penetrative trauma related to stab wounds seems to be regularly increasing in our ED. The question arises of whether our strategies in trauma management are adapted to deal efficiently with these injuries.Methods: To answer this question, the study analysed patients admitted for intentional penetrative injuries in a tertiary urban emergency department (ED) during a 23 month period. Demographics, conditions of the assault, injury type and treatments applied were analysed.Results: Eighty patients admitted due to an intentional penetrating trauma accounted for 0.2% of the surgical practice of our ED. The assault occurred equally in a public or a private context, mainly affecting young males during the night and the weekend. Sixty six patients (83%) were treated as out-patients. Only 10 patients needed surgery. None of them required damage control surgery. No patient died and the mean hospital stay was 5.5 days.Conclusions: The prevalence of stab wounds in Switzerland is low. These injuries rarely need complex, surgical procedures. Observational strategies should be considered according to the patient status.
Sujets

Adolescent

Adult

Cardiopulmonary Resus...

Circadian Rhythm

Cross-Sectional Studi...

Efficiency

Emergency Service, Ho...

Female

Glasgow Coma Scale

Guideline Adherence

Hospital Mortality

Hospitals, University...

Humans

Injury Severity Score...

Intensive Care Units/...

Length of Stay/statis...

Male

Middle Aged

Patient Readmission/s...

Social Environment

Type="Geographic">Swi...

Violence/statistics &...

Wounds, Stab/epidemio...

Wounds, Stab/mortalit...

Young Adult

PID Serval
serval:BIB_EC4734AC2957
DOI
10.4414/smw.2010.13058
PMID
20799103
WOS
000289450900001
Permalien
https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/243926
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2011-05-06T14:18:02.595Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T06:07:10Z
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BIB_EC4734AC2957.P001.pdf

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preprint

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Adobe PDF

PID Serval

serval:BIB_EC4734AC2957.P001

URN

urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_EC4734AC29571

Somme de contrôle

(MD5):6c337552348258bdc28daf9b0573c95a

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