title: [Dog bite accidents in a children hospital at Lima, Peru. Retrospective study from 1995 - 2009].
abstract: From 1995 to 2009, 206 cases of dog bites were recorded among hospitalized patients at the Children National Health of, Lima-Peru. The median of age was 4 years, and for hospitalization time was 3 days. Most patients were males (61.7 %). The bites occurred in the house of a third person (39.3 %), on the street (33.5 %), or in the victim's house (27.2 %). A 66.5 % of the bites were provoked and 88.8 % were from animals known to the victim. The dog breed was recognized in 34 % (52.9 % were mongrel dogs). Multiple lesions were identified in 79.1 %, and the most frequently bitten areas were head and neck (79.1 %). Complications were reported in 20.4 % and aesthetic sequelae in 94.7 %.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Salud Pública Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Néstor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Falcón
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Férnandez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014504:Urban Health