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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prehospital transport of patients with spinal cord injury in Nigeria
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Volume 34, No. 3, Year 2011
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Background: A well-organized and efficient prehospital transport is associated with improved outcome in trauma patients. In Nigeria, there is paucity of information on prehospital transport of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and its relation to mortality. Objective: To determine if prehospital transportation is a predictor of mortality in patients with SCI in Nigeria. Design: Prospective cohort study Methods: Prehospital transport related conditions, injury arrival intervals and persons that brought patients with SCI to the casualty were noted. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics, the chi-square test and multiple logistic regressions. Main Outcome Measures: Mortality within 6 weeks on admission Results: 168 patients with SCI presented in the casualty during this review period. Majority (67.9%) presented after 24 hrs of the injury. Majority (58.3%) were conveyed into the casualty by their relatives. Salon car (54.2%) was the most common mode of transportation where majority (55.4%) laid on their back during the transfer. Majority (75%) of the patients had multiple hospital presentation before reporting in our casualty. The mortality observed was 16.7%. Multivariate analysis after adjusting for age, gender, and means of transportation revealed that age (OR= 63.41, 95% CI= 9.24-43.53), crouched position during transfer (OR= 23.52, 95% CI= 7.26-74.53), presentation after 24 hrs (OR=5.48, 95% CI=3.20-16.42) and multiple hospital presentation (OR= 7.94, 95% CI= 1.89-33.43) were associated with mortality within 6 weeks of admission. Conclusion: A well-organized and efficient prehospital transport would reduce mortality in spinal cord injured patients. Public enlightenment campaign on factors that could reduce road traffic injury would help reduce mortality. © The Academy for Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, Inc. 2011.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kawu, Ahidjo Abdulkadiri
Unknown Affiliation
Olayinka, Salami A.
Nigeria, Igbobi
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Lagos
Ayokunle, Olawepo
Nigeria, Ilorin
University of Ilorin
Mustapha, Alimi F.
Nigeria, Igbobi
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Lagos
Sulaiman, Gbadegesin A.A.
Nigeria, Igbobi
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Lagos
Gbolahan, Adebule T.
Nigeria, Igbobi
National Orthopaedic Hospital, Lagos
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1179/107902610X12883422813624
ISSN:
10790268
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Nigeria