Author(s)

Bangoura Mmah Aminata¹, Kolié Ouo Ouo^2*, Bangoura Kaba², Camara Salématou Hassimiou², Diop Mamadou Moustapha², Touré Oumar Deen³, Camara Emmanuel², Diallo Fatoumata Binta², Bémy Pé Néabey², Touré Mariame Oumar⁴

¹Institut de Nutrition et de Santé de l’Enfant, Conakry, Guinée.
²Service de pédiatrie Hôpital national Donka, Conakry, Guinée.
³Service de chirurgie pédiatrique Hôpital national Donka, Conakry, Guinée.
⁴Hôpital préfectoral de Boffa, Boffa, Guinée.

Introduction: Domestic accidents are defined as accidents that occur in the home or its immediate surroundings. Objective: To describe the epidemioclinical and therapeutic aspects. Patients and Methods: Prospective, descriptive study from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 in the emergency department of Boffa prefectural hospital included all children aged 0 to 15 years admitted for domestic accidents. Results: Of 120 cases of accidental trauma, 56 were domestic accidents. The mean age was 7.08 years. The 0 - 5 and 11 - 15 age groups were the most represented (35.71%). The sex ratio was 1.55 in favor of boys. Domestic accidents were represented by falls (26.78%), thermal burns (21.43%), snakebite wounds (17.86%) and dog bites (10.71%), drowning (5.36%), and electrification by lightning (3.60%), one case or 1.78% of each of the following: esophageal foreign body by palm nut, firearm, wall collapse, stretching of upper limb. Paracetamol was the molecule most frequently used (89.28%). The outcome was favorable in 92.86% of cases. However, four (4) deaths were recorded. Conclusion: Domestic accidents remain a significant pathology at Boffa prefectural hospital.

Domestic Accidents, Children, Hospital, Prefecture, Boffa, Guinea, Conakry

Aminata, B. , Ouo, K. , Kaba, B. , Hassimiou, C. , Moustapha, D. , Deen, T. , Emmanuel, C. , Binta, D. , Néabey, B. and Oumar, T. (2023) Epidemioclinical Aspects of Childhood Domestic Accidents in the Emergency Department of Boffa Hospital. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 13, 947-954. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2023.136104.