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Injuries related to animal sacrifice during the Feast of Sacrifice in Turkey    
Yazarlar
Doç. Dr. Hacı Mehmet ÇALIŞKAN Doç. Dr. Hacı Mehmet ÇALIŞKAN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Zamir Kemal Ertürk
Türkiye
Metin Ocak
Burak Çelik
Özet
BACKGROUND: The Feast of Sacrifice is a significant annual religious festival in Muslim countries. In these festivals, thousands of animals are usually sacrificed by inexperienced individuals. Thus, many injuries occur during sacrificing of animals.
OBJECTIVES: Describe injuries related to animal sacrifice or meat processing.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
SETTING: Three hospitals in different cities of Turkey.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Severity and type of injuries that occur during animal sacrifice or meat processing after the sacrifice and hospital costs.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Identification and classification of sacrifice related injuries.
SAMPLE SIZE: 301 injured individuals.
RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 42.5 (14.8) years and 83.1% of the subjects were male. Most (90.0%) injuries were penetrating injuries and 10.0% were blunt traumas. Upper and lower extremity injuries were identified in 77.4% and 17.9% of cases, respectively. Almost half of the injuries were on the left hand (49.8%). Almost all (96.6%) cases were treated and discharged from emergency services. Median hospital cost per patient was 103.14 Turkish Liras (35.95-852.66 Turkish Liras) (19.53 USD [6.80-161.48 USD]).
CONCLUSIONS: Even though injuries related to animal sacrifice are usually caused by minor sharp objects, they can be severe and life threatening on rare occasions. To minimize the injuries that may occur during this period, public education and more convenient sacrifice centers may be helpful.
LIMITATIONS: Small sample, single country, and short duration of the study.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı ANNALS OF SAUDI MEDICINE
Dergi ISSN 0256-4947
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 05-2020
Cilt No 40
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 219 / 226
Doi Numarası 10.5144/0256-4947.2020.219
Makale Linki https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/pdf/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.219
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Injuries related to animal sacrifice during the Feast of Sacrifice in Turkey

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