Abstract
In recent years, the immigration of Venezuelan citizens to the Republic of Colombia has increased1. Although
some research has shown a difference in the presentation of medical conditions in these individuals, there are
still no studies evaluating the epidemiology of trauma in this population2,3. The objective of the present study was
to compare the characteristics of trauma in the native Colombian population versus the Venezuelan immigrant
population using the Institutional Trauma Registry of the Hospital Universitario de Santander (RITHUS) in its first
year of implementation.
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