Epidemiology of hospitalized traumatic pelvic fractures and their combined injuries in Taiwan: 2000-2011 national health insurance data surveillance
Journal
BioMed Research International
Journal Volume
2014
Pages
878601
ISSN
2314-6133
Date Issued
2014-01-01
Author(s)
NAN-PING YANG
CHIEN-LUNG CHAN
CHING-SHAO YU
YI-HUI LEE
KAI-BIAO LIN
DACHEN CHU
YU-ZHEN LIN
I-LIANG YU
Abstract
Background. From the viewpoint of prehospital emergency medicine, a greater proportion of pelvic fractures not of a life-threatening status but combined with other injuries need more comprehensive recognition. Methods. A 12-year nationwide health database of inpatients was reviewed. All cases diagnosed as pelvic fractures were enrolled. The associated injuries classified into 20 categories were further analyzed. Results. During 2000-2011, the hospitalized incidence of pelvic fractures in Taiwan ranged from 17.17 to 19.42 per 100,000, and an increasing trend with age was observed. The mean case-fatality rate was 1.6% for females and 2.1% for males; male patients with pelvic fractures had a significantly higher risk of death than female patients after adjusting for other covariates. 74.2% of these cases were combined with other injuries. The most common associated injuries in an identified body region were other orthopedic fractures of the lower limbs (21.50%), spine/trunk (20.97%), or upper limbs (18.18%), followed by significant head injuries (17.59%), intra-abdominal injuries (11.00%), and thoracic injuries (7.20%). Conclusion. The incidence of hospitalized pelvic fractures in Taiwan was low and the case-fatality rate was lower than those of other countries. Concurrently, coexistence of major combined injuries with pelvic fractures was easily treated at medical centers. © 2014 Nan-Ping Yang et al.
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Other Subjects
abdominal injury; arm injury; article; data base; disease surveillance; fatality; head injury; high risk patient; hospital patient; human; incidence; intra abdominal injury; leg injury; national health insurance; pelvis fracture; spine injury; Taiwan; thorax injury; traumatic pelvic fracture; trunk; classification; female; Fractures, Bone; incidence; male; multiple trauma; orthopedics; pelvic girdle; procedures; public health; Female; Fractures, Bone; Humans; Incidence; Male; Multiple Trauma; National Health Programs; Orthopedics; Pelvic Bones; Taiwan
Type
journal article