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[Serious childhood accidents involving tractors]
A Rodríguez Núñez1, E Cid Fernández, R Tojo Sierra
1Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Xeral de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela.
Objective:
To review serious childhood injuries provoked by tractors in our country and to propose adequate preventative strategies.
Patients And Methods:
Clinical data of eleven children admitted to our unit due to a tractor related accident have been evaluated.
Results:
The majority of the events occurred in males and during the summer months, resulting in polytraumatisms with the abdominal region affected in most cases. Mortality was very high (64%).
Conclusions:
Accidents with tractors are a major preventable morbimortality factor in rural areas. Several preventive strategies that could reduce the incidence and severity of these injuries are proposed.