000 02227nam a22003497a 4500
001 CUHAS/MD/4001404/T/15
003 CUHAS/MD/4001404/T/15
005 20240305193855.0
008 210811b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
028 _bWurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102:
028 _b P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania:
028 _b Phone: +255 28 298 3384:
028 _bFax: +255 28 298 3386:
028 _bEmail: vc@bugando.ac.tz:
028 _bwww.bugando.ac.tz
035 _aCUHAS/MD/4001404/T/15
040 _bEnglish
_cDDC
041 _aEnglish
041 _aKiswahili
100 _aTheofil K Daudi
_921347
_dCUHAS/MD/4001404/T/15
245 _a Prevalence and pattern fractures caused by motorcycle accidents (bodaboda) at Bugando Medical Centre (BMC).
260 _aMwanza, Tanzania:
_bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] :
_c ©2020
300 _aix; 21 Pages
300 _aIncludes References
520 _aAbstract: Introduction: Motorcycle injuries constitute a major but neglected emerging public health problem in developing countries and are a common cause of road traffic injuries. This has caused number of death and disability among patients whom involved in boda-boda crush. The research will help the prevalence of motorcycle crush as a cause of fracture and risks factors attributed to motorcycle crush. Methodology: A cross sectional descriptive study was involving patients admitted in orthopaedics ward at Bugando medical centre. All patient were reviewed for fracture cause and the recorded in which data analysis was done by computer installed with SPSS program thereafter the results were distributed at orthopaedics department. Results: 132 patients were enrolled in the study and prevalence of motorcycle as a causes of fracture was 36.4% and the most pattern was femur fractures by 40.9%. Conclusion: The motorcycle crush is the top causes of fracture in setting with femur being the most sustained fracture.
600 _xOrthopedics & Trauma
600 _xPathology
600 _xHematology
700 _aSwetala, Stephen
_921252
700 _aErius Tebuka
942 _2ddc
_cCR
999 _c21266
_d21266