Anatolian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Yazarlar: Nil SAYLAM, Bünyamin UYANIK, Mesut BUZ, Tunç BÜYÜKYILMAZ, Yasin DEMİR, Deniz ALGEDİK GÜRSOY

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Terror,Trauma,Emergency department,Gunshot

Özet: Aims: In our study, it is aimed to evaluate retrospectively with literature the cases of gunshot injury cases who applied to the emergency department due to the terror attack. Materials and Methods: In this study, 114 terror cases admitted to the emergency department of Şırnak State Hospital between 01.01.2016 and 31.12.2016 were evaluated retrospectively. The gender, age, vital signs, trauma scores, injury sites, pathologies of the injuries, treatment methods and mortality rates were examined. Results: In the study 114 patients who 84.2% were male were included. The mean age of patients was 26.88 ± 11.08.The most common injury was the lower extremity (53.5%). The mortality rate was found to be 15.78% (n = 18), while this rate was 100% in patients who were brought into arrest and applied CPR (n = 13). The most fatal injuries were left thorax (44.5%) and left lower quadrant (16.7%) in the group of patients who died. It was detected 26.31% surgical treatment, 6.14% tube thoracostomy, 17.5% mechanical ventilation and 21.05% blood transfusion were applied to the patients. In more than one area injury was detected 60.045 times the risk of total survival. Conclusion: The majority of the victims of terrorism were men, the mortality rate was higher in the left thorax and left abdomen and the mortality rate was 100% as brought to the hospital as cardiopulmonary arrest.

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