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New Indian Journal of Surgery

Volume  14, Issue 2, April-June 2023, Pages 75-79
 

Original Article

Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Blunt Trauma Abdomen Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Observational Study

Samriddh Kumar1, Irene Halam2, Sandeep Khadda3, M.L. Dawan4, Abhishek Chhabra5, Sunder Kishor

1,2Postgraduate Final Year Student, 3,5,6Associate Professor, 4Professor, Department of Surgery, Sadar Patel Medical College and PBM Hospital, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.14223.5

Abstract

Background: Trauma is the leading cause of death in the population under the age of 45 year sold.1 Among trauma cases, Abdominal trauma accounts for the third most commonly injured part of the body. With the rising trend of road traffic accidents, the clinical patterns and profile of blunt abdominal trauma patients is also changing.

Aim: To access the incidence, mode of injury and clinical presentation of blunt abdominal trauma patients in order to access the problem size in the study area.

Material and Method: A prospective descriptive type of study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital including 100 study participants. All the patients with the diagnosis of the blunt abdominal trauma were assessed clinically at the time of presentation. After obtaining written informed consent, the detailed information regarding the mode of injury, clinical presentation was collected and recorded.

Data Analysis: The data collected were then entered in MS Excel sheet and was analysed using SPSS v 20.0. the data was presented in the form of numbers and proportions.

Results and conclusion: 85% of participants were male, majority (55%) belong to 21-40 years age group. The most common mode of injury was Road traffic accidents (75%) and most common clinical presentation was pain abdomen (98%). Spleen was the most common solid organ involved.


Keywords : Abdominal trauma; Road traffic accidents; Clinical presentation; Descriptive study.
Corresponding Author : Manohar Dawan