Head injury: main cause of disease and mortality in child abuse Manizales. 2003-2010
Traumatismo cranoencefálico: principal causa de morbilidad y mortalidad en el maltrato infantil en manizales, 2003-2010./Head injury: main cause of disease and mortality in child abuse Manizales. 2003-2010
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ramírez restrepo, L. miguel, & aguirre arango, J. vicente. (2013). Head injury: main cause of disease and mortality in child abuse Manizales. 2003-2010. Archivos De Medicina , 13(1), 61-72. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.13.1.34.2013
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ramírez restrepo, L. miguel, & aguirre arango, J. vicente. (2013). Head injury: main cause of disease and mortality in child abuse Manizales. 2003-2010. Archivos De Medicina , 13(1), 61-72. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.13.1.34.2013
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is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in child abuse, in the form of aggression
or physical abuse, in the city of Manizales in the period 2003-2010. Materials and
Methods: a descriptive retrospective 2468 under 18 with child abuse. The variables
studied for aggressor and victim were age, gender, level of education, social security,
residence, definitive diagnosis, behavior, regarding the assault, occupation, marital
status and mortality associated factor. Qualitative variables were described with absolute
and relative frequencies, and the quantitative measures of central tendency
and dispersion. The information was processed with SPSS v15.0. Results: a total
of 2 468 children under 18 years with abuse, physical abuse had 972, and of these,
four showed lesions in the head and face. Of 15 701 deaths, 5,4% (854 deaths), was
under 18. Of the 854 deaths, 52 (6,1%) presented TEC and of these, four cases were
identified whose external cause was physical abuse. Conclusions: the TEC is the
leading cause of morbidity and mortality caused by physical child abuse, given their
precise clinical update is required doctor and therefore the curriculum. Information
systems have flaws child abuse. The mortality rate found in this study is lower than
reported by other researchers.
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