期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2017
卷号：24
期号：3
页码：507-512
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1232552
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction and objective. Injuries are a serious medical and social problem, especially when accompanied by distantor deferred effects, often causing serious dysfunctions and permanent disability for life. The study aimed at presenting theincidence of injuries of urban and rural population treated in a district hospital in eastern Poland.Material and Methods. The study was carried out in the Independent Public Health Care Institution in Kra渘ik in 2011among patients hospitalized in the Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedic Unit who sustained injuries. Medicalrecords of 795 patients ?326 women and 469 men, aged 10?9 years, were analyzed.Results. During the period considered among those hospitalized due to injuries, men (59%), those aged 50?9 years (19.0%),and living in rural areas (72.7%) predominated. Injuries most commonly affected the head (18.87%), elbow and forearm(16.86%), knee and lower leg (16.60%), and the hip and thigh (13.96%). Average hospital stay was 5.65 days and was thelongest for hip and thigh injuries (11.86 days).Conclusions. Injuries occurred most frequently in the population of patients living in rural areas, often among men, usuallyon weekdays and in the morning.
