TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - "Is this a dagger I see before me?"--an audit of stabbings and gunshot wounds in Limerick
JO  - Irish journal of medical science
A1  - Shabbir, J.
A1  - McDonnell, C. O.
A1  - O'Sullivan, J. B.
A1  - Cahill, K.
A1  - Moore, A.
A1  - Raminlagan, R.
A1  - Quinn, G.
A1  - Grace, P. A.
SP  - 102
EP  - 104
VL  - 173
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: According to a recent study in Cardiff, the incidence of stab wounds is 14 per 100,000 population per annum. No such figures are available for Ireland. AIM: To evaluate the incidence, type of injury, medical consequences and outcome of patients with stab or gunshot wounds presenting to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, over a 12 month period. METHOD: A retrospective case study of all stab and gunshot wounds presenting over a 12 month period. RESULTS: Out of 62,000 new presentations to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, 101 (0.16%) were stabbings, giving an incidence of 33 per 100,000 population. Twenty-six patients required surgical intervention. There were three deaths. There were 10 gunshot wounds, of which 40% required surgical intervention, with no mortalities. CONCLUSION: The incidence of stab wounds presenting to our institution is high. Although constituting a small percentage of presentations to the A&E department they result in considerable morbidity and surgical activity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-1265
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -