Epidemiological Profiles and Prognoses of Pediatric Domestic Trauma in the Emergency Department of the OWENDO University Hospital Center. Gabon |Biomedgrid

Objective: The aim of this work was to establish the epidemiological and prognostic profile of traumatic accidents occurring at home treated in the emergency department of the Owendo University Hospital Center in Gabon from January 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. Patients and Method: This is a prospective and descriptive study over a period of six months. Children victims of unintentional trauma occurring at home or in its immediate surroundings were included. We noted the age and sex of the child, the day, the time of occurrence of the accident, the presence or not of an adult at the time of the accident, the mechanism of the accident and the place of occurrence. We also studied the prognosis exclusively considered from the angle of death.