Assessment of Pattern of Abdominal Injury

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Abdominal Trauma Abdominal Injuries Disease Attributes Emergencies Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Wounds and Injuries

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

Addis Ababa, 1000, Ethiopia

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All patients who are diagnosed clinically to have abdominal trauma

Exclusion criteria

Patients who died before diagnosis

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Pattern of Abdominal Injury

Time frame: Over 2 years

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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Assesment of Pattern of Abdominal Injury Over a Two Year Period at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College and AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Sep 13, 2022
Registry last updated: Sep 13, 2022

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