Egresos por lesiones externas en un hospital de Ciudad Juárez, México

Abstract

In Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, morbidity and mortality from injuries have increased alarmingly since 2008. This paper aims to examine the changes in the number of hospital discharges for external injuries recorded during the 2008-2010 period in a hospital in Ciudad Juarez. A descriptive retrospective study conducted at the Ciudad Juarez General Hospital looked at the incidence of external injuries as the reason for hospital discharges during the period under analysis. The average proportion of hospital discharges attributed to external injuries was 27%, with the 25-44-year-old age group being the most affected. More than half of the discharges were for fractures. The incidence rate of hospital discharges attributed to injuries in Ciudad Juarez was almost four times greater than that reported at the national level.

Penetrating Pelvic Injury: Cases Analysis

“…Between 2008 and 2010, Juarez was the most violent city in Mexico, and deaths by fire weapons were more common. 5 The mean age (30.7 years old) and ratio male:female patients in this study were similar to other mexican studies, 2,6,7 and show that active economic population is more affected in our country. The mean revised trauma score in our study was 7,455, inferior to other study with nonoperative management-in the same setting-that show 7,842 in the same variable; 1 but, the mean hemoglobin on admission was similar in comparative with same study (12.52 g/dl vs 12.4 g/dl).…”

Raising children in a violent context: An intersectionality approach to understanding parents' experiences in Ciudad Juárez

“…In the media coverage about drug wars and drug violence, children, mothers’, and fathers’ daily lives are rarely highlighted. In the academic context, previous research on violence in Juárez has focused on social organizing against the killing of women (Ensalaco 2006; Morales and Bejarano 2009; Staudt 2008; Wright 2001), assessment of trauma and injuries (Diaz-Apodaca et al 2012; Leiner et al 2012), displacement of residents from the city (Morales et al 2013; Velázquez Vargas 2012), and experiences of those intimately involved in the drug war zone, such as traffickers and law enforcement agents (Campbell 2009). Utilizing 16 in-depth interviews with Juárez parents, this study examines how social class and gender, two intersecting social axes, shape divergent experiences with violence in this city.…”

Development of Injuries Prevention Policies in Mexico: A Big Data Approach

“…Specifically, road traffic accidents are the second cause of death in Mexico; and death by some injury is the first cause of death for Mexican population between the ages 30 to 40. It is estimated that 1.1 million of people are involved in some road traffic in a directed or an undirected way [22].…”

“…Together with their treatment cost, these disabilities have an adverse impact on individual's work performance, and in his years of healthy life [6,22]. Together with a high economic cost, physical disabilities may have negative effects on the people's productivity.…”

“…Key results from these studies point out that those costs have increased since 2000 and prevention policies have not had a significant effect in diminishing the number of injuries associated with road traffic accidents and gender violence [22,23]. From a geographical aspect, there are descriptive studies that determine focal points where the probability to be bitten or picketed by an animal is high [25].…”