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Schwere Verletzungen als Folge von Suizidversuchen. Eine Studie Anhand der Daten des Traumaregisters der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie

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2012-12-05

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Philipps-Universität Marburg
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Purpose: The suicidal attempt is a significant cause for multiple severe injuries in Germany. The aim of the present study was to obtain information regarding injury patterns, clinical treatment, and outcome. Methods: We analyzed the data of 4,754 patients of the Trauma Registry of the German Trauma Society (1993–2007) with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) C9 after a suicidal jump from a height (SUICIDE) and after an accidental fall from a height (ACCIDENT). Results: Comparing the data of 3,682 patients with accidental fall versus those with intentional fall/jump (n =1,072), we found that male patients were predominant in the ACCIDENT group (84.9 vs. 52.2%). The SUICIDE group had more severe injuries (ISS: 31.8 vs. 26.4). The ACCIDENT group suffered more severe head injuries (51.1 vs. 36.6%). Mortality (21.4 vs. 14.2%), length of stay in hospital (29.5 vs. 26.5 days), and costs (€34,833 vs. €24,701) were higher in the SUICIDE group. Conclusions: Falls from a height are a common cause of injury among severely injured patients. The resulting trauma composes a particular form of blunt trauma with severe and multiple injuries, which depends on the fact of whether the free fall from a height was caused by an accident or as a result of a suicidal attempt. Taking the injury severity into consideration, there is no difference in the prognosis of the patients.

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Created: 2012Issued: 2012-12-05Updated: 2012-12-05
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17192/z2012.1025
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Medizin
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
Language
ger
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DoctoralThesis
Keywords
suicideSturzinjuryMehrfachverletzung ,fall ,
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PolytraumaSelbstmord
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610
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https://open.uni-marburg.de/handle/10.17192/z2012.1025
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Kiriazidis, Ilias: Schwere Verletzungen als Folge von Suizidversuchen. Eine Studie Anhand der Daten des Traumaregisters der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie. : Philipps-Universität Marburg 2012-12-05. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/z2012.1025.

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