Lesiones por violencia física atendidas en el servicio de emergencia del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga en el periodo enero – diciembre del 2019

Abstract

Background: Today, injuries in general affect a considerable number of people worldwide, due to acts of violence caused by different events, groups, another individual and even by the same subject. Objective: To determine the injuries due to physical violence treated in the Emergency service of the “José Carrasco Arteaga” hospital in the period January - December 2019. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out in the Emergency Service of the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital through the complete review of 350 random medical records in the AS400 System and the elaboration of a structured questionnaire. The analysis was carried out with Excel and SPSS software version 23. Results: The most frequent injuries were in the upper limbs (50.3%), followed by the head (31.4%), closed fractures / deformity (35.1%) and non-penetrating wounds (31.1%) predominated. The mean age was 37 years; the most frequent gender was male with 71.4%. Regarding the type of medical care, the majority received outpatient care with 53.10%, the sociodemographic variables were not found statistically associated with the types of injuries reported. Conclusion: the most frequent injuries in this analysis are compared with those obtained in other regions in Latin America, which shows that it is a situation that continues to put the population at risk and that they should be considered when evaluating patients in emergencies.