Correspondence Analysis As A Strategy To Investigate The Magnitude Of Orthopedic Traumas Treated In The Emergency Room Of A Public Referral Service

Context: Trauma, considered a neglected pandemic, represents a serious public health problem. This study aims to evaluate the magnitude of orthopedic trauma treated at a public referral hospital, seeking to understand its impacts, improve care, and support prevention policies. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional survey study with a quantitative approach was carried out through the analysis of 580 medical records of patients with orthopedic trauma between 2015 and 2019. The variables were age, sex, day of the week, shift, origin, trauma mechanism, body part affected, treatment, length of hospital stay, and hospital outcome. Results: There was a predominance of males (79.7%), with trauma to the extremities (89.1%), as a result of motorcycle accidents (33.6%), from the capital and metropolitan regions (65.9%). The deaths corresponded to car accidents, thoracic traumas and conservative treatment, while the discharges corresponded to other traumas and motorcyclists, extremity traumas and surgical treatment Conclusion: Through a study, there is a need to plan strategies to raise awareness among the population, especially young men, to minimize orthopedic traumas resulting from these accidents, and to improve the management of services that provide care to these victims, in order to reduce their morbidity and mortality