Helmets Matter: Kentucky Motorcycle Crash Victims Seen at a Tennessee Trauma Center
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[An epidemiological survey on motorcycle accident victims assisted at a reference trauma center of Sergipe].
The trauma caused by motorcycle accidents affects a large number of victims and is a serious public health problem in Brazil. This documental study was performed with a quantitative approach with the objective to raise epidemiological data from 554 motorcycle accident victims assisted in September and October 2006 in a referral center for trauma of Sergipe. The result analysis shows a predomina...
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BACKGROUND The effect of helmet use on the incidence of cervical and thoracic fractures sustained in motorcycle crashes remains controversial. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the incidence of these fractures in helmeted and nonhelmeted crash victims at a single Level I trauma hospital with a well-defined system for evaluating spinal fractures. RESULTS Of 422 motorcycle crash victims tre...
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BACKGROUND Hand and upper extremity injuries are one of the leading causes of injury in the United States, making up 10% of all emergency department visits. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are any demographic differences between patients presenting primarily to our emergency department for upper extremity injuries versus those transferred from outside hospitals for the same ...
متن کامل[Blood alcohol content prevalence among trauma patients seen at a level 1 trauma center].
OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of blood alcohol content (BAC) among patients seen at a level 1 trauma center. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out and patients were randomly selected at the emergency room of a level I trauma center in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, throughout a year (August 1998 to August 1999). Blood samples were drawn and data was collected using an adap...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern Medical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1541-8243,0038-4348
DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000000748