Prevalência de traumas faciais relacionados aos acidentes de motocicletas

• Autor(a) principal: Lonchi, Marília Fernanda Barboza [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/149576; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2017-01-27/000866991.pdf
• topic: Motocicletas; Acidentes de trânsito; Saúde pública; Traumatismos faciais; Motorcycles

Trauma is very important to in contemporary society. According to the World Health Organization, the traumas are among the leading causes of death and morbidity in the world and have great importance since it presents emotional, functional and possibility of permanent deformities repercussions. A lot of lesions on the face due to the huge exposure and little protection in this region, which often results in severe injuries. The lesions of the head and face may represent 50% of all trauma deaths. Studies show that increasing the fleet of motorcycles in the country, is becoming a concern in view of vulnerability and exposure to risk of biker accidents in traffic. Specifically in relation to facial trauma, stress the importance of helmet as a preventive measure of maxillofacial and cranial injuries. The purpose of this study is: a) Conduct a literature review through the Virtual Health Library, indicating the descriptors of Terminology in health (DeCS) motorcycle accidents, Traumatology and Etiology. b) To study epidemiological data records from the Faculdade de Odontologia do campus de Araçatuba that had as casuist traumas caused by motorcycle accidents, whose patients were seen by the extension project entitled Surgical-Dental Care for patients with maxillofacial trauma Ambulatory and Hospital Level . After a series of 492 patients with a history of trauma by motorcycle, it was found that: a) 74% were male while 26% were female, b) the age of highest incidence was 21-30 years with 30 1%. Among the weekdays, motorcycle accidents occurred in greater numbers on Monday, with 18.1%. It was concluded from this work that motorcycle accidents occur more often in their most productive age of the individual. To cause severe face trauma, being commonly causing multiple injuries, motorcycle accidents generates high morbidity in the population needing to be prevented for political, economic and social development of a country