Open AccessFREQUENCY AND TYPE OF FRACTURES ENTERING THE EMERGENCY UNITS OF ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITALS
Author(s) -
Pawan Rekha,
Sheena Kumari,
Amna Khan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.2.2/004
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , population , emergency department , injury prevention , poison control , medical emergency , emergency medicine , surgery , environmental health , psychiatry
BACKGROUNDTrauma is globally encountered in the emergency department on regularintervals placing a burden on the economy through an increase in the mortalityand morbidity. Multiple types of fractures have been notified leading frommoderate to severe disability.The aim of the study is to assess different types of fracture entering the emergencydepartment, the risk of these fractures and also to find the associationbetween genders.A cross sectional survey was conducted on 450 participants in differentEmergency Departments of tertiary care units of Karachi.It has been observed that fracture cases are increasing in emergencies inKarachi. Road Traffic Injuries (RTA) with 41.6% is the most dominant cause offracture whereas fall or slip injuries and brawl/fight show 22.2% and 14.7%respectively. Generally, alcohol and cigarette smoking has adverse effect yet91.6% population revealed no relationship. Regional distribution of fractureshows lower limb fracture with 40.9% as most commonly occurring fractureswhere male percentages is higher than females. The selected populationpresented no idea about BMD and Vitamin D test which causes fractures in oldage commonly.