Table 3 Profile of all new surgical patients managed at the MSF field hospital in Jabal al-Akrad, Syria (5th September 2012-1st January 2014)
From: Providing surgery in a war-torn context: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Syria
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Total | 578 |
Sex | |
Female | 250 (43) |
Male | 328 (57) |
Age (years) | |
0–14 | 50 (9) |
15–29 | 332 (57) |
30–44 | 145 (25) |
≥45 | 51 (9) |
Median [IQR] | 25 (21–32) |
ASA score | |
1 | 483 (84) |
2 | 69 (12) |
3 | 19 (3) |
4 | 6 (1) |
5 | 1 (0.2) |
Surgical indication | |
Violent trauma | 254 (44) |
Obstetric emergencies | 191 (33) |
Accidental trauma | 59 (10) |
Non-traumatic and non-obstetric pathologies | 74 (13) |