Open AccessEpidemiology of trauma in Venezuelan immigrants in Bucaramanga, Colombia: A look at a neglected phenomenon
Author(s) -
Andrea Carolina Quiroga-Centeno,
Juan Paulo Serrano-Pastrana,
Sergio-Alejandro Gómez-Ochoa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista de la universidad industrial de santander/salud uis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2145-8464
pISSN - 0121-0807
DOI - 10.18273/saluduis.54.e:22019
Subject(s) - epidemiology , immigration , population , medicine , demography , geography , environmental health , sociology , pathology , archaeology
In recent years, the immigration of Venezuelan citizens to the Republic of Colombia has increased1. Although some research has shown a difference in the presentation of medical conditions in these individuals, there are still no studies evaluating the epidemiology of trauma in this population2,3. The objective of the present study was to compare the characteristics of trauma in the native Colombian population versus the Venezuelan immigrant population using the Institutional Trauma Registry of the Hospital Universitario de Santander (RITHUS) in its first year of implementation.