%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemioclinical Aspects of Childhood Domestic Accidents in the Emergency Department of Boffa Hospital
%A Bangoura Mmah Aminata
%A Koli¨¦ Ouo Ouo
%A Bangoura Kaba
%A Camara Sal¨¦matou Hassimiou
%A Diop Mamadou Moustapha
%A Tour¨¦ Oumar Deen
%A Camara Emmanuel
%A Diallo Fatoumata Binta
%A B¨¦my P¨¦ N¨¦abey
%A Tour¨¦ Mariame Oumar
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 947-954
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2023.136104
%X <strong>Introdu</strong><strong>ction</strong><strong>:</strong><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Domestic accidents are defined as accidents that occur in the home or
its immediate surroundings. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> To describe the epidemioclinical
and therapeutic aspects. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Patients and Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Prospective, descriptive
study from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 in the emergency department of Boffa
prefectural hospital includ</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ed</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> all children aged 0 to 15 years admitted for domestic accidents. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Of 120 cases of accidental trauma, 56 were domestic accidents.</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The mean
age was 7.08 years. The 0</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">5 and 11</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">15 age groups were the most represented (35.71%). The sex ratio was 1.55
in favor of boys. Domestic accidents were represented by falls (26.78%),
thermal burns (21.43%), snakebite wounds (17.86%) and dog bites (10.71%),
drowning (5.36%), and electrification by lightning (3.60%)</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span
%K Domestic Accidents
%K Children
%K Hospital
%K Prefecture
%K Boffa
%K Guinea
%K Conakry
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=129397