Mortality Due to Trauma in Patients Treated at Viet Duc Hospital during a 2-Year Period
Keywords:
Trauma, mortality, VietnamAbstract
Objective: To review and identify risk factors related to mortality among trauma patients treated at Viet DucHospital during a 2-year period.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients treated between 2010 and 2011. The
data was collected on patients who died within 30 days from the date of injury, including those who died pre-hospital,
in-hospital and those released to die at home. Information collected included: age, sex, cause of accident, time of death,
and the Revised Trauma Score (RTS).
Results: There were 2,482 deaths - 3.9% of all trauma patients. Of these deaths, 337 occured in the hospital, while
2,145 deaths occurred at home. The average ages for patients in these 2 groups were 36.4 and 38.2 years respectively.
Most were men (83% and 80%, respectively). Road traffic accidents were the leading cause of death in 82% of all deaths.
RTS were mostly (83%) less than 9. During the first 24 hrs, 77% died, and pre-hospital deaths occurred in 6%.
Conclusion: Trauma remains a major problem at Viet Duc Hospital. We recommend improving community
education on injury prevention for high risk groups of young men. In addtion, legislation and a change in the attitude
of the policy-makers should be considered for preventing road traffic accidents.
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2. Morbidity and mortality weekly, report. March 3/2006.Vol.55/
No.8.MMWR.CDC:201-204
3. Lan TTN, Anh LM, Trang KTQ, Phu TD. The current status of
mortality due to road-traffic accidents in Viet Nam. Journal
of practical medicine 2011;786:124-8
4. Jagnoor J, Joshi KP, B. Rao T, Kumar R. Mortality in the
Northern part of India. The Second Asia - Pacific Conference
on injury prevention, 2008:162-7.
5. Maddumba JR, Marinas JP, Consunji R, Dela-Paz D.
Surveillance of trauma -related deaths in the University
Hospital: experiences from Philippines. The second Asia -
Pacific Conference on injury prevention, 2008:164-8.
6. Gentilello LM. Alcohol interventions in Trauma Centers: The
opportunity and the challenge. J Trauma 2005;59:S18-S20.
7. Ramage-Morin PL. Motor vehicle accident deaths, 1979 to
2004. Health Rep 2008;19:45-51.
8. Trang KTQ, Lan TTN, Anh LM. Study on occupational-related
deaths through the statistic system of A6/YTCS. J Pract Med
2011;876:100-3.
9. Lap CD, Tuan TV, Bach PN, et al. Remarks on road -traffic
accident deaths at Viet Duc Hospital from July, 2001 to
June, 2002. Annual Scientific Research, Viet Duc Hospital
2002.
10. Son TH, Ly NT, Nghia NQ, Quyet NT. Surgical treatments of
trauma and pathology patients at Viet Duc Hospital in 2005.
Annual Scientific Research, Viet Duc Hospital, 2006.
11. Chinh ND, Bang PH, Que DV, Sy NQ, et al. Trauma-related
deaths at Viet Duc Hospital between 2002 - 2003.
International Conference on Injury Prevention and Safe
Community, 2006:394-403.
12. Shackford SR. The evolution of modern trauma care. Surg
Clin North Am 1995;75:147-56.
13. Hieu DN, Tu NH. Epidemiology of trauma patients admitted
to the hospital, regarding the trauma severity scores.
International Conference on Injury Prevention and Safe
Community, 2006:353-60.
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Nguyen DC, Pham GA, Tran TA, Bui TN, Trinh HS, Nguyen TQ. Mortality Due to Trauma in Patients Treated at Viet Duc Hospital during a 2-Year Period. Thai J Surg [Internet]. 2013 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];34(4). Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/226814
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