OBJECTIVE Estimates of any protective effect of seat belts could be exaggerated if some crash survivors falsely claimed to police that they were belted in order to avoid a fine. The aim of this study was to determine whether estimates of seat belt effectiveness differed when based on belt use as recorded by the police and belt use determined by trained crash investigators. DESIGN Matched coho...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of injury prevention counseling opportunities in children referred to a pediatric otolaryngologist. DESIGN A caregiver questionnaire was administered during office registration. SETTING Hospital-based pediatric otolaryngology practice in a metropolitan area. PATIENTS Random sample of 300 caregiver questionnaires stratified by the age of the child. M...

BACKGROUND The use and indications for laparoscopy have been increasing. As part of this trend, a new algorithm may emerge for pediatric trauma in which laparoscopic techniques are used in hemodynamically stable patients with suspected hollow viscus perforation. CASE REPORT We present a case in which laparoscopy was successfully used in a pediatric trauma patient as a diagnostic and therapeut...

Aims. Studies of the debris disk phenomenon have shown that most systems are analogous to the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (EKB). However a rare subset of sun-like stars possess dust which lies, in contrast, in the terrestrial planet region. In this study we aim to determine how many sources with apparent mid-infrared excess are truly hosts of warm dust, and investigate where the dust in these

This study is important for three main reasons. Firstly, it demonstrates the success of the seatbelt law in Britain on a detailed multi-hospital basis, illustrating the wisdom of such a law. Secondly, it illustrates the limitations of the seat-belts which have been fitted to cars in the last 10 years, by describing the nature, frequency and severity of injuries to restrained occupants. Thirdly,...

Rear seat adult occupant protection is receiving increased attention from the automotive safety community. Recent anthropomorphic test device (ATD) studies have suggested that it may be possible to improve kinematics and reduce injuries to rear seat occupants in frontal collisions by incorporating shoulder-belt force-limiting and pretensioning (FL+PT) technologies into rear seat 3-point belt re...

In the mid-1990s, seat belt load-limiting devices were introduced on many new passenger vehicles equipped with front airbags. These devices are intended to reduce belt-induced injuries such as rib fractures by allowing forward movement of occupants’ torsos when belt loads exceed some threshold. Load limiters have been shown to reduce thoracic injury risk in controlled experiments with cadavers ...