Border-fence falls versus domestic falls at a South Texas trauma center

Border-fence falls versus domestic falls at a South Texas trauma center

ObjectivesFalling from height may lead to significant injuries and time hospitalized; however, there are few studies comparing the specific mechanism of fall. The purpose of this study was to compare injuries from falls after attempting to cross the USA-Mexico border fence (intentional) with injurie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trauma surgery & acute care open 2023-02, Vol.8 (1), p.e001020-e001020
Hauptverfasser: Darwish, Muhammad, McGraw, Constance, Foote, Christopher W, Chen, Chaoyang, Sohini, Vidhur, Bar-Or, David, Palacio, Carlos H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdomen
Alcohol
Border walls
Brief Report
Comorbidity
Diabetes
Glasgow Coma Scale
Hospitals
Hypertension
Immigrants
Injuries
Length of stay
Males
Metabolic disorders
Mortality
multiple trauma
Patients
Statistical significance
Trauma
Trauma centers
Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectivesFalling from height may lead to significant injuries and time hospitalized; however, there are few studies comparing the specific mechanism of fall. The purpose of this study was to compare injuries from falls after attempting to cross the USA-Mexico border fence (intentional) with injuries from domestic falls (unintentional) of comparable height.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study included all patients admitted after a fall from a height of 15–30 ft to a level II trauma center between April 2014 and November 2019. Patient characteristics were compared by falls from the border fence with those who fell domestically. Fisher’s exact test, χ2 test and Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney U test were used as appropriate. A significance level of α
ISSN:2397-5776
2397-5776
DOI:10.1136/tsaco-2022-001020