{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]],"date-time":"2026-05-19T12:41:05Z","timestamp":1779194465355,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA)","issue":"280","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,30]],"date-time":"2024-11-30T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1732924800000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Nepal Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Road traffic accidents are a major global health concern, accounting for 1.35 million fatalities and countless impairments every year. The number of road traffic accidents in Nepal is rising, which has a significant effect on the country's economy and healthcare system. Over a period of five years, the study aimed to analyze the clinico-demographic characteristics of patients admitted for injuries due to road traffic accidents in the National Trauma Center of Nepal.Methods: This is an observational study conducted by reviewing a five-year admission data from 2018 to 2023 A.D. of a tertiary care trauma center. The study was conducted following approval from the Ethical Review Board of Nepal Health Research Council (Reference number: 969). All patients admitted to the trauma centre following injuries due to road traffic accidents were included in the study. The results were summarised using descriptive statistics.Results: Out of 20,843 admissions, 3,810 (18.28%) were due to RTAs. The male-to-female ratio was 4.44:1, with a median age of 31.00 (24.00 to 43.00) years. Age distribution was as follows: &lt;18 years (6.75%), 18-39 years (62.13%), 40-59 years (23.62%), and \u226560 years (7.50%). The median hospital stay was 8.00 (3 to 16) days. The most common injuries were lower limb 2386 (62.62%), upper limb 958 (25.14%), and head injuries 890 (23.36%). The mortality rate was 72 (1.89%).Conclusions: Injuries due to road traffic accidents constitute a significant portion of admissions at the National Trauma Center in Nepal, predominantly affecting young males. Lower limb injuries were most common.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.31729\/jnma.8843","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,2]],"date-time":"2024-12-02T09:00:18Z","timestamp":1733130018000},"page":"828-831","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Clinico-demographic Profile of Patients Presenting with Road Traffic Accidents at National Trauma Center of Nepal: An Observational Study"],"prefix":"10.31729","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"Badri","family":"Rijal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bikash","family":"Kc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amartya","family":"Dahal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nabaraj","family":"Gautam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Min Chandra","family":"Adhikari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"16919","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,30]]},"container-title":["Journal of Nepal Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/8843\/5163","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/8843\/5163","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,4]],"date-time":"2024-12-04T08:56:14Z","timestamp":1733302574000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/view\/8843"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,30]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"280","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,30]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31729\/jnma.8843","relation":{},"ISSN":["1815-672X","0028-2715"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1815-672X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0028-2715","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,30]]}}}