To describe population based trends and clinical characteristics of injury related presentations to Emergency Departments (EDs).A retrospective, descriptive analysis of de-identified linked ED data across New South Wales, Australia over five calendar years, from 2010 to 2014.Patients were included in this analysis if they presented to an Emergency Department and had an injury related diagnosis. Injury severity was categorised into critical (triage category 1-2 and admitted to ICU or operating theatre, or died in ED), serious (admitted as an in-patient, excluding above critical injuries) and minor injuries (discharged from ED).The outcomes of interest were rates of injury related presentations to EDs by age groups and injury severity.A total of 2.09 million injury related ED presentations were analysed. Minor injuries comprised 85.0

作者：Michael M, Dinh；Saartje Berendsen, Russell；Kendall J, Bein；Kirsten, Vallmuur；David, Muscatello；Dane, Chalkley；Rebecca, Ivers

来源：Injury 2016 年