Accidentes por mordedura canina, casos registrados en un hospital de niños de Lima, Perú 1995 - 2009

Carmen Morales; Néstor Falcón; Henry Hernández; Carla Fernández

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2011.284.428

Authors

Carmen Morales Grupo de Salud Pública Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. Medico Veterinario Zootecnista.
Néstor Falcón Grupo de Salud Pública Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. Médico Veterinario.
Henry Hernández Grupo de Salud Pública Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. Oficina de Epidemiologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño. Lima, Perú. Médico Veterinario.
Carla Fernández Grupo de Salud Pública Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. Medico Veterinario Zootecnista.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2011.284.428

Keywords:

Accidents, Dogs, Child, Rabies vaccines

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 %.