1. Pediatric Trauma Program: pediatric trauma registry & information systems for epidemiology research, control and surveillance of injuries in Agentina Alberto E. Iñón MD, PhD, FACS Buenos Aires-Argentina

2. Pediatric Trauma Registry First database about pediatric injuries Starting from scratch Pediatric Trauma Program research teaching & training medical care wo 67% w 17%nad 16% at scene

3. Chi square=9.51; p= 0.002, Odds Ratio= 2.6 Assessment on the impact of the program Pediatric Trauma Program

4. n = 1410    = 5.05  p = 0.025 ; OR = 2.27 ; IC 95 % para OR: 1.05 – 5.1) 01 2345-2 6 7 8 9 mortalityratemortalityrate PTS 1997-2000 1990-1994 Argentina Mortality rate & PTS Comparison between two series - 1990/1994 - 1997/2000

5. Quartile distribution of circumstances related to age groups Age (years)

6. Scenario: children burned with boiling water when a pan fall over him meanwhile he was alone in the kitchen. Case Model: burn with [objet] when [action] in [place]. [specific definitions]. Ilustration: burn with boiling water when a pan fall over him in kitchen. Alone. Professor Jorge Ungaro. Health Sciences School. National University of Mar del Plata. Argentina. Head of Epidemiology and Injury Control of Asociación Prevención del Trauma Pediátrico ICD code: X12.0

7. Collaborative Trauma Program

8. Simple actions on injury prevention

9. Mortality rates related to motor vehicule accidents/ 100.000 inhabitants - Rafaela - Prov. Santa Fe (1998-2003) Comparative 1998-99/2002-03. Razón rate: 2.4 IC 95%: 1.25 - 4.6. z = 2.5521 p = 0.0107

10. Rafaela 1993-2001 Number of burned children admitted to Hospital. Start of the program p <0,01

11. State Injury Prevention Program Advisers since 2000

13. Conclusions We have created a systematized data collection system based upon circumstances of occurrence. From universal to individual. This allowed us to easily adopted IC10. Our data bases have a common epidemiological sheet that allow us to evaluate different projects. From a simple registry we have built a high quality information system, which could be used as a research tool and to asses results of our actions.

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