Dog Bite Injuries: Primary and Secondary Emergency Department Presentations—A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Patient's characteristics.

	𝑁	%
𝑁 total	431	100
Demographic data
Male/female	258/173	59.9/40.1
Age (years) median (range)	36 (16–87)
<65	391	90.7
>65	40	9.3
Size of dog
Small	10	2.3
Medium	40	9.3
Large	13	3
Extra large	28	6.5
Unknown	340	78.9
Relationship to the dog
Friendly	83	19.3
Unfriendly	101	23.4
Unknown	247	57.3
Localisation of accident
Indoors	29	6.7
Outdoors	130	30.2
Unknown	272	63.1
Localisation of injury
Face	40	9.3
Hand	177	41.1
Upper extremity	55	12.8
Lower extremity	133	30.9
Buttocks	8	1.9
Genitals	3	0.7
Multiple	13	3
Depth of injury
Superficial	340	78.9
Median	68	15.8
Deep	23	5.3
X-ray (total)	93	21.6
Pathological findings	16	17.3
Blood sample	179	41.5
Mean CRP level (SD, range)	19 (40.7, 3–240)
Mean Lc count (SD, range)	8.2 (4.2, 4.4–21.8)
Treatment
Antibiotics	304	70.4
Operation	18	4.2
None	109	25.4
Hospitalisation	26	6
Secondary presentations	49	11.4