Objective To retrospectively analyze the 420 fractured inpatients in the People’s Hospital of Deyang city seven days after the Wenchuan earthquake, so as to provide reference for the improvement of emergency plans earthquakes and the subsequent treatment of fracture patients.
Methods The analysis was based on the data provided by the Department of Orthopedics of the Hospital up until July 18,2008. The software Microsoft EXCEL was used for data input, and SPSS 13.0 was used for statistical analysis.
Results Up to July 18 420 cases from the disaster area have been treated in the department of orthopedics, including 176 men (41.9%) and 244 women (58.1%), the age was from 1 to 102 years and a median age of 43 years (2 761) among the inpatients. Most patients(328 cases) were sent to the hospital within the first three days after the quake (78.1%), and the number of inpatients were 92 4-7 days after the quake. The wounded were mainly from Mianzhu,
Shifang , and Guanghan. The admission fracture diagnoses were tibial fractures (18.8%), fibular fractures (16.6%), and femoral fractures (14.9%). The major treatments were splinting, plaster fixation, or traction for closed fractures (301 cases), internal fixation or external fixation for malreduction (85 cases), and debridement suture and plaster fixation for open fractures (78 cases).
Conclusion It is a vital to develop an emergent plan for fracture patients after an earthquake disaster and to strengthen the reserve of medical supplies, personnel training, and individual therapy.
Citation： LIU Yuehong,CHEN Xi,JIANG Wei,LIU Shuping,ZHOU Yu,ZHANG Desheng,YANG Lejin,WU Qi. Analysis of 420 Fractured Inpatients in the Front-line Hospital of Grade III Level A after Wenchuan Earthquake. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(3): 296-300. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090057 Copy
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