This hospital-based cross-sectional study was done at SPHMMC and AaBET hospitals from January 2018 to December 2019.The study aimed to assess the pattern of abdominal injury at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) and Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency and Trauma (AaBET) hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.Data was collected from the trauma registry and patient files using a pretested structured questionnaire filled out by two trained data collectors.The collected data was entered and analyzed using statistical software SPSS version 25.0.
Data was collected from the trauma registry and patient files using a pretested structured questionnaire filled out by two trained data collectors. The questionnaire was categorized into socio-demographics (age, sex, residency, and address), clinical profile (triage, v/s, type of injury, associated injury), management, and outcome (management, complication, disposition, and mortality). Completeness of data was checked by the principal investigator.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
165
St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Pattern of Abdominal Injury
Frequency was analyzed in respective to socio-demographics (age, sex, residency, address), clinical profile(triage, v/s, type of injury, associated injury), management and outcome (management, complication, disposition and mortality) in patients presented with Abdominal injury in the study period.
Time frame: Over 2 years
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