injuries suffered in vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among children in many countries. prevention of injuries of children in raod accidents is still a challenge. the present lecture discuss the commonly injuried body regions in children involved in motor and non-motor vehicle traffic crashes. head, ribs and lung are commonly injured body regions among children under 8 yea...

With the development of automotive industry, the traffic accident caused by automotive collision has become a social problem in the world. Aiming at improving the safety of automotives and reducing the collision accidents, an automotive collision avoidance system based on intelligence control is researched. As the control core, a 16-bit microcontroller receives the distance signal of the front ...

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the patterns associated with adult mandibular fractures from a Level-I trauma center in southern Taiwan. Methods: The data of adult trauma patients admitted between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2014 were retrieved from the Trauma Registry System and retrospectively reviewed. Fracture site and cause of injury were categorized into groups for comparison, a...

injuries suffered in vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among children in many countries. prevention of injuries of children in raod accidents is still a challenge. the present lecture discuss the commonly injuried body regions in children involved in motor and non-motor vehicle traffic crashes. head, ribs and lung are commonly injured body regions among children under 8 yea...

The frequency of motor vehicle and working accidents was analyzed by means of a strictly anonymous questionnaire in 156 patients with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) and in 160 age-gender matched controls. In the SAS group 12.4% of all drivers had motor vehicle accidents as compared to 2.9% in the control group (p<0.005). The motor vehicle accident rate was 13.0 per million km in patients with more ...

The most common cause of cervical spine injury is motor vehicle accidents, followed by falls. The vast majority of injuries occur in patients 15-30 years old. Males are three to four times as likely to sustain a traumatic vertebral column injury as females. The cause of spinal injury varies with age; notably the very young are the most commonly victim of pedestrian motor vehicle accidents and t...