Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Tıp Dergisi |
2014, Cilt 28, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 035-037 |
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Child Deaths As a Result of Falling Television: A Case Report |
Abdurrahim TÜRKOĞLU, Mehmet TOKDEMİR, Burhan YAPRAK, Turgay BÖRK, Ferhat Turgut TUNÇEZ, Mustafa ŞEN |
Fırat Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE |
Home accidents are the accidents which occur inside a house or around its environment. Home
accidents which were exposed especially by preschool children is an important public health
problem. Among home accidents, falling television accidents, which results in death by causing
mostly blunt head trauma, are constituting a significant part. Four cases who died as a result of
falling television and autopsied in Firat University Hospital, Department of Forensic Medicine
between 2009-2010 were evaluated in this study. Common cause of death was found to be dome
and base fractures and cerebral hemorrhage in four boys, including 15-months old as the
youngest and 36-months old as the oldest. We suggest that parents should be educated about
the reasons of home accidents and ways of protection from home accidents, and home
environment should be secured for accidents in order to minimize or avoid home accidents during
preschool period.
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