Naslov
From the Archives of the Zagreb Antirabies Clinic: Hospitalized Persons due to Animal Bites from 1995 to 2006

Autori
Vodopija, Radovan ; Primorac, Dora ; Boneta, Jelena ; Sokol, Kruno ; Vojvodić, Daniela

Izvornik
Acta medica Croatica (1330-0164) 75 (2021), 3; 217-223

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
rabies, animal injuries, children, adults, hospitalization

Sažetak
Aim: In the Zagreb Antirabies Clinic, which operates within the Reference Center for Rabies at Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health in Zagreb, in the period from 1995 to 2006, there were 12 380 patients examined for injuries inflicted by animals, of which 147 (1, 18%) were hospitalized in various Zagreb departments and hospitals due wound severity. Methods: Data were retrospectively collected from the official patient registry of the Zagreb Antirabies Clinic. Results: Hospitalized persons were in an age range from 1 to 81 years, 63 (42, 86%) were adults, and 84 (57, 14%) children aged 1 to 16 years among adults, there were 28 (44.44%) men and 35 (55, 56%) women, while among children there were 45 (53, 57%) boys and 39 (46, 43%) girls. Discussion: Concerning animals involved in the incidents which led to hospitalization, dogs were by far the most frequent species, recorded in 74, 82% of cases ; ohter animals were, in order of frequency, cats, rats, a pig and a donkey. The dogs of known owners were represented five times more often than stray dogs. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of hospitalization between children and adults, while dogs were significantly more likely to inflict injuries that ended in hospitalization than other animals, and patients were more often hospitalized after head and neck injuries or multiple injuries than due to injuries to limbs or hands and fingers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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