Falls from flat-roofed houses

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dc.contributor.authorYagmur, Y
dc.contributor.authorGüloglu, C
dc.contributor.authorAldemir, M
dc.contributor.authorOrak, M
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T16:18:39Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T16:18:39Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose: High falls from flat-roofed houses are a common cause of death and disability in the south-east part of Turkey; the aim of this study was to describe our experience of such falls seen over a 4-year period in Diyarbakir. Methods: One thousand six hundred and forty-three patients (570 females and 1073 males) who sustained injuries after an accidental fall from a flat-roofed house were entered into the study. Results: The mean age was 18 (1-95) years; 49.4% of patients were under 10 years old; 81.5% were under 30 years old. The mean fall height was 4.5 m (1-20 m). The mortality rate was 5.8% (96 patients). The mean fall height in children under the age of 15 years who died from the fall was 4 m (67 patients) and in patients over the age of 15 years, 9 m (29 patients). The most common injuries were to the head (45.1%) and 93.75% of those (n = 90) who died had a head injury. One hundred patients (6%) were followed because of abdominal bleeding: one of these had fallen from 2 m, the reminder from 4 to 9 m; 12 were operated on and 88 treated conservatively. Conclusion: Craniocerebral trauma is the most common injury in fatal falls from flat roofs and blunt abdominal trauma is an uncommon injury after falling from less than 4 m. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00198-0
dc.identifier.endpage428en_US
dc.identifier.issn0020-1383
dc.identifier.issn1879-0267
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid15037379
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-1642354308
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage425en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00198-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/16217
dc.identifier.volume35en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000220536900013
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInjury-International Journal of The Care of The Injured
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectFallsen_US
dc.subjectHeighten_US
dc.subjectMorbidity And Mortalityen_US
dc.titleFalls from flat-roofed housesen_US
dc.titleFalls from flat-roofed houses
dc.typeArticleen_US

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