Pediatric Trauma Program:

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Pediatric Trauma Program pediatric trauma
registry information systems for epidemiology
research, control and surveillance  of injuries
in Agentina                  
Alberto E. Iñón MD, PhD, FACS Buenos
Aires-Argentina
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Pediatric Trauma Registry
Starting from scratch
First database about pediatric injuries
Pediatric Trauma Program
research
teaching training
medical care
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Pediatric Trauma Program
Assessment on the impact of the program
Chi square9.51 p 0.002, Odds Ratio 2.6
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Mortality rate PTS Comparison between two
series - 1990/1994 - 1997/2000
Argentina
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Quartile distribution of circumstances related to
age groups
Age (years)
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Case
Scenario children burned with boiling water when
a pan fall over him meanwhile he was alone in the
kitchen.
Model burn with objet when action in
place. specific definitions.
Ilustration burn with boiling water when a pan
fall over him in kitchen. Alone.
ICD code X12.0
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Collaborative Trauma Program
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Simple actions on injury prevention
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Mortality rates related to motor vehicule
accidents/ 100.000 inhabitants - Rafaela - Prov.
Santa Fe (1998-2003)
Comparative 1998-99/2002-03. Razón rate 2.4 IC
95 1.25 - 4.6. z 2.5521 p 0.0107
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Rafaela 1993-2001 Number of burned children
admitted to Hospital.
p lt0,01
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State Injury Prevention Program
Advisers since 2000
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Conclusions We have created a systematized data
collection system based upon circumstances of
occurrence. From universal to individual. This
allowed us to easily adopted IC10. Our data bases
have a common epidemiological sheet that allow us
to evaluate different projects. From a simple
registry we have built a high quality information
system, which could be used as a research tool
and to asses results of our actions.
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