Differences in the rates of admission and major orthopedic surgery care between Turkish and displaced children injured in a major earthquake

Table 1 The basic demographics and the major clinical intervention data of the injured children (n = 969)

		Total		TR		SYR		CUN		p
		Mean		n = 517, 53.35%		n = 371, 32.71%		n = 81, 8.36%		p
Age		9.68 ± 5.38		10.5 ± 5.33		9.08 ± 5.27		7.14 ± 5.11		< 0.0001
Admission time (days)		2.52 ± 1.59		2.47 ± 1.61		2.56 ± 1.59		2.67 ± 1.47		0.1393
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender	Female	447	46.13	230	23.74	168	17.34	49	5.06	0.0249
Gender	Male	522	53.87	287	29.62	203	20.95	32	3.30	0.0249
Fracture Surgery	Performed	78	8.05	45	4.64	27	3.41	0	0.00	0.0209
Fracture Surgery	Not Performed	891	91.95	472	48.71	338	34.88	81	8.36	0.0209
Fasciotomy	Performed	168	17.34	111	11.46	50	5.16	7	0.72	0.0006
Fasciotomy	Not Performed	801	82.66	406	41.90	321	33.13	74	7.64	0.0006
Amputation	Performed	35	3.61	21	2.17	13	1.34	1	0.10	0.4435
Amputation	Not Performed	934	96.39	496	51.19	358	36.95	80	8.26	0.4435
Discharge	Treated	588	60.68	295	30.44	228	23.53	65	6.71	0.0746
	Hospitalized	167	17.23	108	11.15	56	5.78	3	0.31
	Transferred	188	19.40	99	10.22	77	7.95	12	1.24
	Deaths	26	2.68	15	1.55	10	1.03	1	0.10

TR: Turkish nationality, SYR: Syrian nationality, CUN: children of unknown nationality

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