Assessment On Pattern Of Orthopedic Injuries And Their Disposition Outcome Among Road Traffic Accident Victims Visited Emergency Department Of Addis Abeba Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Road Traffic Accident can be defined as an accident that occurs on a way orrnstreet open to public traffic, resulting in one or more persons being killed or injured, and rninvolving at least one moving vehicle. World Health Organization (WHO) global status reportrnestimated that 1.35 million deaths occurred due to Road traffic accident worldwide in 2016. Inrndeveloping countries, road traffic injuries particularly affect economically active and productivernage’s group with peak age ranges 15-44 years. rnOBJECTIVES The general objective of this study is to assess the pattern of orthopedicrninjuries due to the road traffic accident in a patient visiting the emergency department of Addis rnAbaba burn emergency and trauma Hospital. rnMETHODS Institutional based retrospective study was carried out among orthopedic injuryrndue to road traffic accident victims presenting to addis abeba burn, emergency and truma hspital rnTotally 384 patients chart selected by using systematic sampling technique and data was enteredrnin Epi info 7 and export to SPSS version 25. rnRESULT Total numbers of 384 RTA victims with orthopedic injury were undertaken in thisrnstudy. Types of injury, pattern and outcome were also analyzed. It is clear that fractures was rncommon. rnCONCLUSION Road traffic accident victims were predominantly males and people aged 1530rnyears.rnPediastrianrnandrnpassangersrnwerernthe mostrncommonlyrnaffectedrnvictims.

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