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Accidentes por mordedura canina, casos registrados en un hospital de niños de Lima, Perú 1995-2009

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dc.contributor.author Morales, C.
dc.contributor.author Falcon Perez, Nestor Gerardo
dc.contributor.author Hernández, H.
dc.contributor.author Férnandez, C.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:34:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:34:42Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11157
dc.description.abstract From 1995 to 2009, 206 cases of dog bites were recorded among hospitalized patients at the Children National Health of, Lima-Peru. The median of age was 4 years, and for hospitalization time was 3 days. Most patients were males (61.7%). The bites occurred in the house of a third person (39.3%), on the street (33.5%), or in the victim's house (27.2%). A 66.5% of the bites were provoked and 88.8% were from animals known to the victim. The dog breed was recognized in 34% (52.9% were mongrel dogs). Multiple lesions were identified in 79.1%, and the most frequently bitten areas were head and neck (79.1%). Complications were reported in 20.4% and aesthetic sequelae in 94.7%. en_US
dc.description.abstract Entre 1995 a 2009 se registraron 206 hospitalizaciones en el Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño debido a accidentes por mordedura canina. La mediana de edad de los pacientes fue cuatro años y para los días de hospitalización tres. El 61,7 % fueron varones. Los accidentes ocurrieron en el domicilio de una tercera persona (39,3 %), en vía pública (33,5 %) y en el domicilio del agredido (27,2 %). El 66,5 % de los episodios fueron precedidos por un estímulo del niño y el 88,8 % causado por animales reconocidos por los lesionados. El 34,0 % reconoció la raza del animal (52,9 % animales cruzados). El 79,1 % fueron lesiones múltiples y la región anatómica más afectada fueron la cabeza y cuello (79,1 %). Se registraron complicaciones en un 20,4 % y secuelas estéticas en el 94,7 %. Las mordeduras caninas afectan la salud física de los niños. es_PE
dc.language.iso spa
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Instituto Nacional de Salud
dc.relation.ispartofseries Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Child en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject sex ratio en_US
dc.subject hospitalization en_US
dc.subject retrospective study en_US
dc.subject trend study en_US
dc.subject Accidents en_US
dc.subject length of stay en_US
dc.subject Dogs en_US
dc.subject pediatric hospital en_US
dc.subject breeding line en_US
dc.subject dog bite en_US
dc.subject provocation en_US
dc.subject Rabies vaccines en_US
dc.title Accidentes por mordedura canina, casos registrados en un hospital de niños de Lima, Perú 1995-2009 es_PE
dc.title.alternative Dog bite accidents in a children hospital at Lima, Peru. Retrospective study from 1995-2009 en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1590/s1726-46342011000400011
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1726-4642


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