title: The stabbed wounds as a cause of injuries of different parts of the body.
abstract: Only 171 patients with injuries that were caused as a result of stubbing treated in Jan Bozy Regional Hospital in Lublin in the years 1997-2000, were analysed. The injured people were mostly men aged 21-40. 142 people were treated in outpatient clinic, and 29 were hospitalized. The medium ime spent in hospital was about 7 days. Eleven of the hospitalized patients were operated on immediately. On the basis of the analysis of the research results it was estimated that: 1. The most frequent tool ausing stabbed wounds in the case of hospitalized patients was a knife, and in outpatients--a nail. 2. The circumstances in which the stabbed wounds were most often appearing were accidents (out-patient clinic) and in the case of hospitalized patients assaults by unknown culprits. 3. The most frequent localization of the stabbed wounds among the hospitalized patients was chest and among the outpatients an arm or a leg.
authors.affiliation: Interfaculty Chair and Department of Public Health, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goniewicz
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peryga
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Piejak
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D015984:Causality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland; D013743:Tetanus Antitoxin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D013743:Tetanus Antitoxin