1. Injuries due to foreign body aspirations in Georgia: A prevention perspective
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Gvetadze, Paata, Chkhaidze, Ivane, Baldas, Solidea, Comoretto, Rosanna, Gregori, Dario, Berchialla, Paola, Rodriguez, Hugo, Zaupa, Paula, Spitzer, Peter, Demetriades, Costantinos, Šlapák, Ivo, Sokolova, Ljiljana, Petridou, Eleni, Clemente Manuel Antonio, Jakubíková, Jana, Van As Sebastian, De Koning Ton, and The Susy Safe Working Group
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Choking ,Foreign bodies injuries ,Georgia ,Pediatric injuries ,Adolescent ,Asphyxia ,Child ,Child, Preschool ,Foreign Bodies ,Hospitalization ,Humans ,Infant ,Inhalation Exposure ,Registries ,Respiratory System ,Wounds and Injuries ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Poison control ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Injury prevention ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Preschool ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Cause of death ,business.industry ,Public health ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,business ,Demography - Abstract
Background Suffocation due to foreign bodies (FB) is a leading cause of death in children aged 0–3. No data from the former U.S.S.R. are available in the international scientific literature. Methods Consecutive patients admitted at the Iashvili Central Children Hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1989 to 2011 were analyzed. Injuries in the upper airways due to foreign bodies’ inhalation were collected and compared with the Susy Safe Registry and the pooled estimates of the meta-analysis. Results 2896 cases were collected. Distribution of injuries in children younger than 3 years was significantly higher than in the Susy Safe Registry and in the “High-Income” countries in the meta-analysis. Percentage of injuries due to organic objects (86%) was significantly higher than in published data. Conclusions Since Georgia is not showing any substantial difference, both in epidemiology and treatment of foreign bodies injuries, as compared to the other case series, translation of public health initiatives from other most advanced prevention experiences is possible and it is likely to be effective. Level of evidence Level V, Epidemiological case series.
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- 2016