Dog bite accidents in a children hospital at Lima, Peru. Retrospective study from 1995-2009

Carmen Morales; Néstor Falcón; Henry Hernández; Carla Férnandez

doi:10.1590/s1726-46342011000400011

Dog bite accidents in a children hospital at Lima, Peru. Retrospective study from 1995-2009

Carmen Morales
, Néstor Falcón
, Henry Hernández
, Carla Férnandez

School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Instituto Nacional de Salud Del Niño

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Abstract

From 1995 to 2009, 206 cases of dog bites were recorded among hospitalized patients at the Children National Health of, Lima-Peru. The median of age was 4 years, and for hospitalization time was 3 days. Most patients were males (61.7%). The bites occurred in the house of a third person (39.3%), on the street (33.5%), or in the victim's house (27.2%). A 66.5% of the bites were provoked and 88.8% were from animals known to the victim. The dog breed was recognized in 34% (52.9% were mongrel dogs). Multiple lesions were identified in 79.1%, and the most frequently bitten areas were head and neck (79.1%). Complications were reported in 20.4% and aesthetic sequelae in 94.7%.

Translated title of the contribution	Accidentes por mordedura canina, casos registrados en un hospital de niños de Lima, Perú 1995-2009
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	639-642
Number of pages	4
Journal	Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/s1726-46342011000400011
State	Published - 2011

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Accidents
Child
Dogs
Rabies vaccines

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