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  • Trauma care and emergency medicine.
  • Public health and injury prevention.

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  • Falls from height are a leading cause of emergency department admissions.
  • Understanding demographic factors and injury patterns is crucial for managing trauma patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze demographic characteristics of patients admitted due to falls from height.
  • To investigate the relationship between fall characteristics and mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 460 patients admitted to the emergency department between November 2011 and November 2014.
  • Statistical evaluation of demographic parameters, fall characteristics, and their effect on mortality.

Main Results:

  • The study included 292 men (63.5%) and 168 women (36.5%) with a mean age of 27 years.
  • 26 patients (5.6%) died, predominantly in the ≥62 age group. Most falls occurred between 1.1-4 meters and were unintentional.
  • Skin and soft tissue injuries were the most common traumatic lesions.

Conclusions:

  • Age, fall height, fall location, skull fractures, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cervical fractures, thoracic vertebra fractures, and trauma scores significantly influenced mortality.
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage was the primary cause of death in this patient cohort.