[Accidents Caused by Gardening - Trivial or Serious? 5-Year Retrospective Analysis at the University Emergency Department Berne].

[Accidents Caused by Gardening - Trivial or Serious? 5-Year Retrospective Analysis at the University Emergency Department Berne]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2019 Aug;108(10):665-672 Authors: Schaudt J, Ziegenhorn S, Lienert J, Exadaktylos A, Klukowska-Rötzler J Abstract Accidents Caused by Gardening - Trivial or Serious? 5-Year Retrospective Analysis at the University Emergency Department Berne Abstract. Gardening is a popular leisure activity in Switzerland. Approximately 1 million non-occupational accidents are recorded each year; 600,000 of these occur at home or in pursuit of a hobby, including approx. 16,000 accidents while gardening. The aim of this study is to investigate gardening-related accidents. The data for this study were generated from the database of the management system of Berne University Hospital, Switzerland, and retrospectively analyzed. Patients were enrolled who were at least 16 years old - since younger patients in Switzerland are normally treated in specialised Emergency Departments for Paediatrics. The study was restricted to patients who suffered an accident that resulted in physical impairment while working in their own garden. The data were then analysed based on age, sex, triage category, mechanism, causing object, lesion site, diagnoses, severity of injury (monotraumatic or combined with more than one region or polytrauma), in-patient or out-patient treatment. Gardening-related accidents were mainly suffered...
Source: Praxis - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research