<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Pfortmueller CA</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Kradolfer D</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Kunz M</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Lehmann B</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Lindner G</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Exadaktylos A</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2013</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">PRINCIPALS
Accidents in agriculture are a problem of global importance. The hazards of working in agriculture are manifold (machines, animals, heights). We therefore assessed injury severity and mortality from accidents in farming.


METHODS
We retrospectively analysed all farming accidents treated over a 12-year period in the emergency department (ED) of our level I trauma centre.


RESULTS
Out of 815 patients 96.3% were male and 3.7% female (p &lt;0.0001). A total of 70 patients (8.6%, 70/815) were severely injured. Patients with injuries to the chest were most likely to suffer from severe injuries (odds ratio [OR] 9.45, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.59-16.00, p &lt;0.0001), followed by patients with injuries to the abdomen (OR 7.06, 95% CI 3.22-15.43, p &lt;0.0001) and patients with injuries to the head (OR 5.03, 95% CI 2.99-8.66, p &lt;0.0001). Hospitalisation was associated with machine- and fall-related injuries (OR 22.39, 95% CI 1.95-4.14, p &lt;0.0001 and OR 2.84 95% CI 1.68-3.41 p &lt;0.001, respectively). Patients suffering from a fall and patients with severe injury were more likely to die than others (OR 3.32, 95% CI 1.07-10.29, p &lt;0.037 and OR 9.17, 95% CI 6.20-13.56, p &lt;0.0001, respectively). Fall height correlated positively with the injury severity score , hospitalisation and mortality (all p &lt;0.0001).


CONCLUSION
Injuries in agriculture are accompanied by substantial morbidity and mortality, and range from minor injuries to severe multiple injuries. Additional prospective studies should be conducted on injury severity, long-term disability and mortality.</dc:description>
  <dc:identifier>https://sonar.ch/global/documents/138649</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.4414/smw.2013.13846</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/23986350</dc:relation>
  <dc:source>Swiss medical weekly. - 2013</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Abbreviated Injury Scale</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">Accidental Falls</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">Adult</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Agriculture</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">Emergency Service, Hospital</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="en">Female</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="en">Hospital Mortality</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns8="xml" ns8:lang="en">Hospitalization</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns9="xml" ns9:lang="en">Humans</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns10="xml" ns10:lang="en">Injury Severity Score</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns11="xml" ns11:lang="en">Male</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns12="xml" ns12:lang="en">Middle Aged</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns13="xml" ns13:lang="en">Occupational Injuries</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns14="xml" ns14:lang="en">Odds Ratio</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns15="xml" ns15:lang="en">Retrospective Studies</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns16="xml" ns16:lang="en">Rural Population</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns17="xml" ns17:lang="en">Switzerland</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns18="xml" ns18:lang="en">Injuries in agriculture--injury severity and mortality.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>