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Bomb Blast Injuries: Tertiary Care Hospital In-Patient Experience Over The Last 20 Years, Naveed A. Pasha, Raja Samir Khan, Shahryar Noordin
Bomb Blast Injuries: Tertiary Care Hospital In-Patient Experience Over The Last 20 Years, Naveed A. Pasha, Raja Samir Khan, Shahryar Noordin
Department of Surgery
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the distribution and nature of limb injuries in young bomb blast victimsand their management in a tertiary healthcare setting.
METHODS:
The retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi and data was searched using the University Medical Record Database with International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision-Clinical Modification codes for injuries and terrorism between 1990 and 2012. Data regarding injuries, including admission time, hospital stay duration, interventions and mortality, was collected and classified as per the New Injury Severity Score.
RESULTS:
There were 22 patients in the study; 19(86.3%) males and 3(13.7%) females. The mean …