Epidemiological profile of extremity fractures in victims of motorcycle accidents

Batista, Flamarion dos Santos; Silveira, Leandro Oliveira; Castillo, Jesús José André Quintana; Pontes, Jady Elen De; Villalobos, Luz Delícia Castillo

doi:10.1590/1413-78522015230100998

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“…This is in agreement with some previous results (19,20). A study in Kashan similarly showed that leg had the most frequent fractures (37.6%), followed by forearm (19.3%) (21).…”

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A Survey of Non-Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Babol, Northern Iran

Mohseni¹,

Janmohammadi²,

Zamani³

et al. 2018

Trauma Mon

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Background: Every year, millions of people die or are injured due to road traffic accidents worldwide. Investigating the epidemiology of these accidents could help reduce their frequency. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of non-fatal traffic accidents in Babol, northern Iran, over a seven-year period. Methods: Between 2010 and 2016, all of the orthopedic patients with road traffic accidents hospitalized at Shahid Beheshti hospital of Babol were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The patients' information, including details of the accidents and demographic characteristics, was collected using predesigned checklists.

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“…This is in agreement with some previous results (19,20). A study in Kashan similarly showed that leg had the most frequent fractures (37.6%), followed by forearm (19.3%) (21).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

A Survey of Non-Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Babol, Northern Iran

Mohseni¹,

Janmohammadi²,

Zamani³

et al. 2018

Trauma Mon

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“…It is frequent and routine in traffic accidents to find a prevalence of males, as shown in several national and international studies. These reveal that this fact may be related to men being the drivers of the vehicles involved because they are the largest group with the ability to drive and learned to handle the vehicles at young ages, leading to feelings of superiority and omnipotence in traffic 20 .…”

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Mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, antes e após redução da velocidade média de veículos automotores na cidade de SãoPaulo, Brasil, no período de 2010 a 2016

Leitão

Bezerra

Santos

et al. 2019

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Introduction:Traffic accidents represent a relevant global public health problem and are associated with behavioral factors, vehicle maintenance, urban space precariousness and traffic surveillance. They are important causes of morbidity and mortality due to the increasing number of vehicles and changes in lifestyle and risk behaviors in the general population.Objective: To analyze mortality numbers due to land transport accidents reported in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, before and after the decline of average speed of motor vehicles. Methods:A study of temporal series was carried out using official database provided by the Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade. Data was collected according to the type of occurrence and place of residence in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. and 2016). The data was calculated based on plain death rate and standardized, for gender and age group. The measures of mortality were used for the construction of temporal series by the regression model of Prais-Winsten. All the analysis were made through the statistics program Stata 14.0. Results:Reportedly, 7288 deaths occurred due to land accidents in São Paulo, the state's capital, between 2010 and 2016. The higher proportion of deaths happened between men with age between 20-49 years, brownish skin color, marital status single, between 4 e 7 years of study. 72.55% of deaths happened within of hospitals and/ or other health establishments. The deaths ranged 1.200 in 2010 and went down to 779 in 2016. The standard mortality for transport accidents between 2010 and 2016 fluctuated from 10.04 to 6.29 for every 100 thousand inhabitants. Conclusion:There was a decrease in deaths related to traffic accidents in individuals over 20 years of age. After the reduction of the average speed of motor vehicles in the city of São Paulo, the decline in mortality due to traffic accidents was more pronounced among individuals aged 50 years or older, with significant differences for men and women. Why was this study done?The objective of this study was to evaluate traffic accident mortality in the city of São Paulo, before and after the reduction of the average speed of motor vehicles. Thus, the study was done to evaluate the longitudinal effect of intervention of a health policy on mortality due to traffic accidents between men and women and age groups during 2010-2016. What did the researchers do and find?The researchers developed an ecological time-series study using the Prais-Winsten regression model for interrupted time series and segmented regression analysis. This statistical analysis is considered the most effective non-experimental resource to evaluate the longitudinal effect of health interventions. Thus, a reduction in deaths related to traffic accidents was observed in individuals over 20 years of age. After reducing the average speed of motor vehicles in the city of São Paulo, the decline in mortality due to traffic accidents was more pronounced among individuals aged 50 years or more, with differences for men and women. What do these findings mean?...

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“…The accidents had use of alcohol (61%) and the non-use of the helmet (86%) as a contributing factor, having brain trauma as the most frequent (40.7%), mainly because it is a hospital that attends in most cases, this specialty. The predominance of males is common in traffic accidents, as shown in several national and international studies [13][14][15][16]. This can explain why, in most cases, these are the drivers of the vehicles involved, the largest group with a license to drive and have learned to handle even with minor age, leading to feelings of superiority and omnipotence in traffic.…”

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Profile Of Victims Of Motorcycle Accidents Admitted In Emergency Room Of A Referral Hospital In Ceara, Brazil

Agra

Bezerra

Szarfarc³

et al. 2016

Int Arch Med

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Introduction: Economic growth and the increase of credit power in Brazil, especially in the Northeast region, allow the population to increase the acquisition of vehicles, mostly motorcycles. On the other hand, while facilitated this sale, little is invested in traffic enforcement measures, in an alarming increase of traffic accidents associated with causes that could be avoided, resulting in several members and head traumas or can lead to death. Objective:To describe the profile of motorcycle accident victims who were admitted in the emergency room of a public hospital.Methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective, documentary and quantitative study carried out with 270 victims of brain trauma involved in motorcycle accidents admitted in a public hospital in Ceará, Brazil. Data collection happened between 2013 and 2014, analyzing medical records of patients and answering a basic form for data optimization.Results: Motorcycle accidents that occurred in the period [2013][2014] registered in the public hospital of the city of Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, affecting mostly males (88.1%) and a high number of young people and adults (55%). There has been a reduction of accidents from 2013 (65%) and 2014 (34.1%). There was a predominance of accidents over the weekend (41%), having as a contributing factor alcoholism (61%) and the non-use of a helmet (86%), providing the skull trauma injury as the most present (40.7%). Profile of Victims of Motorcycle Accidents Admitted in EmergencyRoom IntroductionAutomobile accidents, in particular those with motorcycles, constitute a serious public health issue, in particular by physical limitations arising in their survivors, influencing on social determinants of health, since these are social, economic, ethnic/racial, cultural, behavioral and psychological factors influencing the occurrence of health problems and their risk factors in the population.In the face of technological advances, increasing the purchasing power of the world's population and the accelerated process of urbanization, it has been observed in recent years, a great evolution in the number of people who own transport like cars or motorcycles, to perform their daily activities or as a working tool.On the other hand, especially in developing countries, a disorganized growth reflected by the poor organization of traffic and the excessive number of accidents, causes fatalities or serious sequelae, in most cases, to drivers of motorcycles. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 1.3 million people die of traffic accident victims every year, and the most vulnerable groups (bikers, pedestrians and cyclists) found more than half of this value, concentrating in Africa the most dangerous and deadly world transits [1].In Brazil, the economic growth, particularly in the Northeast, with expansion of income and personal loans, combined with a chronic deficiency in public transport, provided a significant increase in the purchase of motor vehicles, especially the various models of motorcycles.The acquisition...

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Epidemiological profile of extremity fractures in victims of motorcycle accidents

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

A Survey of Non-Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Babol, Northern Iran

A Survey of Non-Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Babol, Northern Iran

Mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, antes e após redução da velocidade média de veículos automotores na cidade de SãoPaulo, Brasil, no período de 2010 a 2016

Profile Of Victims Of Motorcycle Accidents Admitted In Emergency Room Of A Referral Hospital In Ceara, Brazil

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