Prevalencia del traumatismo abdominal cerrado y penetrante con lesión de órganos intraabdominales en pacientes tratados en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, enero 2012 - diciembre 2019.

Abstract

Objective: Know the prevalence of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma with intra-abdominal organs injury in patients who have been treated in Teodoro Maldonado Carbo hospital, between January 2012 and December 2019. Methodology: The study was made with an observational, retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional design. 115 patients met the established criteria and were included in the study population. Results: Male sex predominated in the study population with 84.35%. The age interval that presented the highest frequency was between 31 and 40 years, with 35.65% of the total population. Age presented an arithmetic mean of 36.58. The month of December is where abdominal trauma most occurred in patients, with 21.74% of the total. The predominant type of abdominal trauma was the blunt abdominal trauma, with 68.70% of the total. The main cause of blunt abdominal trauma was the traffic accident, with 72.15% and in the penetrating trauma was the attack with a firearm, with 69.44% of all patients with these types of trauma respectively. The most frequently injured intra-abdominal organ in blunt abdominal trauma was the spleen, with 43.04%, and in penetrating trauma was the small intestine, with 41.67% of all the patients affected with these types of trauma, respectively.