title: The demographics and outcome of patients with penetrating abdominal trauma admitted to emergency medicine department: A descriptive cross-sectional study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was performed to determine the demographic and outcome of penetrating abdominal trauma in patients attending to emergency medicine department.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive cross-sectional study in Imam Hossein Medical Center. Seventy five patients who came to our department with penetrating abdominal trauma during a 1 year period were enroled into this study and their demographic data and outcome (during the hospitalization) were recorded. The study was at Imam Hossein Medical Center, Tehran, Iran, from 2009 to 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OUR FINDINGS INDICATE THESE NOTABLE RESULTS: 84% of patients were less than 40 years old, most patients attended emergency department during the spring and summer, 72 patients (96%) arrived between 7 pm and 7 am, 74 patients (98.7%) had stab wound and one person (1.3%) was shot, eventually 46 patients (61%) had laparatomy performed and 2 patients (2.7%) died. 59 patients out of 75 study cases appealed to police department and legal medicine council.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of abdominal penetrating trauma due to stab wound is much higher than gunshot in our community, which indicates the importance of educating the emergency staff and preparing the emergency department work place to attend to these patients, especially during the night hours.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Hojjat
authors: H
authors: Derakhshanfar
authors: Reza
authors: R
authors: Azizkhani
authors: Babak
authors: B
authors: Masoumi
authors: Azam
authors: A
authors: Hashempour
authors: Afshin
authors: A
authors: Amini
keywords: Emergency room; outcome; penetrating abdominal trauma
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