in the last tifteen years there has been a large İnerease in the number of motor vehicles in Turkey. it is quite recent that we are entering into the epoque of motor-ears. Nevertheless Turkey is annually renewing her own record of traffic accidents and lass of life and property due to it. The caos or anarchy of traffic keeps on spreading death on our roads. Turkey is the country where the avera...

Since late 1989, the cycle helmet wearing rate in New Zealand has risen from around 20% for adults and teenagers, and 40% for younger children, to more than 90% in all age groups. Cycle helmet wearing became mandatory under New Zealand law in January 1994. This paper considers the effect of cycle helmet wearing on hospitalised head injuries between 1990 and 1996, using cyclist limb injuries as ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in children and young adults and has been identified as an important public health problem in the United States and worldwide 1-6. When head injuries of all severities are included, the age-related incidence has been estimated to be as high as 670/100,0007. Over the past 1520 years the reported incidence of TBI resulting from...

OBJECTIVE To assess the mortality risks from injuries for smokers and ex-smokers and to quantify the mortality burden of smoking from injury in Taiwan. METHODS Smokers' (and ex-smokers') mortality risks from injuries were compared with that of non-smokers in a merged cohort from Taiwan. A total of 64,319 male subjects were followed up for 12-18 years. Relative risks (RR) (adjusted for age and...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyze trends in overall and cause specific mortality in young people from 15 to 34 years-old residing in the city of Barcelona (Spain) from 1983 to 1993. METHODS Data were obtained from death certificates. The overall deaths as well as deaths due to motor vehicle accidents, suicide, AIDS and drug overdose were studied. Annual crude and standardized ra...

Background & Aim: Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) impose a heavy burden on health care system. Awareness on prevalence and incidence of SCI is important because this would show the necessity of prevention. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology and types of traumatic spinal cord injuries in a trauma referral center in Guilan. Methods & Materials/Patients: This is a descripti...

OBJECTIVE Nowadays, with decreased mortality of pregnant women by obstetrical causes, trauma has become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women. This study was carried out to determine the frequency of trauma in pregnancy and related causes and selected consequences in pregnant women of Kermanshah, Iran from 2007 to 2010. METHODS In this descriptive-analytical study, all ...

INTRODUCTION Ipsilateral floating hip and floating knee are very rare injuries. These injuries so uncommon that only three cases of similar kind have been reported. These injuries are due to high velocity injuries following motor vehicle accidents. Management of such complex injuries is a challenging task even in experienced hands as there are no standard treatment guidelines for such fractures...

OBJECT The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of brachial plexus injury (BPI) in pediatric multitrauma patients. METHODS The National Pediatric Trauma Registry was queried using the ICD-9 code 953.4, injury to brachial plexus, to identify cases of BPI. The patient demographics, mechanism of trauma, and associated ICD-9 diagnoses were analyzed. RESULTS Brachial plexus injuries ...

There are staggering and tragic statistics involving children, car seats, and motor vehicle accidents. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children from 0 to 15 years of age, and in the United States during 2005, 1,335 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle accidents; approximatel...