caa a22 4500 606247947 CHVBK 20210128101348.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12262-015-1298-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12262-015-1298-4 Trauma Registry Development for Jos University Teaching Hospital: Report of the First Year Experience [Elektronische Daten] [Kenneth Ozoilo, Mariam Ali, Solomon Peter, Lohfa Chirdan, Charles Mock] Adequate intervention in trauma management and prevention requires a well-documented database for objective study of the disease characteristics, hence the need for a trauma registry. The aim and objective of this study is to document in a database all patients admitted in our hospital following trauma. This study was conducted at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Beginning 1 January 2012, data was collected on a trauma data sheet and transferred to a 3-page, 80-point questionnaire on Epi info3.5.2 software and stored in a standalone desktop computer. Four hundred fifty-nine patients were registered. Road traffic collisions were the most common causes of trauma, 312 (70.0%), followed by gunshots, 58 (12.6%). Mechanism of injury was blunt in 307 patients (66.9%) and penetrating in 152 patients (33.1%). Only 9 patients (2.0%) were brought in by ambulance; majority came by public transportation, 401 (87.4%). Eighty four patients (18.3%) suffered various complications; 342 (74.5%) were discharged home in satisfactory condition, and there were 32 hospital mortalities (7.0%). Challenges encountered include difficulty in data collection, lack of computer software and internet access, no dedicated registry staff and no funding to engage, train and retain data gathering and management personnel. Our results provide data in support of the known epidemiology of trauma in our environment. Challenges encountered can be overcome using local assets and resources. Association of Surgeons of India, 2015 Injury nationallicence Trauma nationallicence Registry nationallicence Trauma record keeping nationallicence Ozoilo Kenneth Surgery Department, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut Ali Mariam Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut Peter Solomon Surgery Department, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut Chirdan Lohfa Surgery Department, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut Mock Charles Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Harborview Medical Centre, Seattle, WA, USA aut Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77/4(2015-08-01), 297-300 0972-2068 77:4<297 2015 77 12262 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1298-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1298-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ozoilo Kenneth Surgery Department, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ali Mariam Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peter Solomon Surgery Department, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chirdan Lohfa Surgery Department, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mock Charles Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Harborview Medical Centre, Seattle, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77/4(2015-08-01), 297-300 0972-2068 77:4<297 2015 77 12262