Characteristics of Patients Injured in Road Traffic Accidents According to the New Injury Severity Score

Lee, Jungsoo; Kim, Yeo Hyung; Yun, Jisoo; Jung, Seong‐Ook; Chae, Choong Sik; Chung, Moonkyung

doi:10.5535/arm.2016.40.2.288

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“…Pedestrians had elevated risk of mortality. Our finding is consistent with the findings of several prior studies [35][36][37][38]. The possible reasons for higher mortality among pedestrians might be more severe impacts, such as pedestrians crashed from back, crashed at high speed or by drink driver, and crashed directly by the vehicle without any protection.…”

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Patient and injury characteristics associated with road traffic mortality in general hospitals in southern Thailand

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Background Road traffic injuries are a major public health burden in developing countries. Thailand has the highest fatality rate from road traffic injuries in southeast Asia so that prevention of unintentional injuries is important. Objective To identify patient and injury characteristics associated with road traffic mortality in the southern provinces of Thailand. Methods Data on a total of 78,862 road traffic injuries recorded by the general hospitals in 5 southern provinces of Thailand, during 2008–2013, were obtained from the Office of Disease Prevention and Control. Chi-squared test was used to determine the association between patient/injury characteristics and road traffic mortality, and logistic regression was used to identify the strength of associations. Results In this study, road traffic mortality was found to be 1.8% of all injuries. Most of the deaths occurred in males (61.7%), who were aged 25–44 years (35.8%), being drivers (68.6%), using motorcycle (78.4%), and not wearing a helmet (61.0%). Road traffic mortality was higher among males, older age people, those who were not wearing a helmet or not fastening a seat belt, pedestrians and when people crashed with or by motor car, with wound being penetrating or blunt with penetrating, and when they were having head or neck, chest, or abdominal or pelvic cavity injuries. Conclusion Policies and measures for reducing road traffic mortality should focus on males and older aged persons, use of safety devices, and occurrence of multiple injuries.

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Patient and injury characteristics associated with road traffic mortality in general hospitals in southern Thailand

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“…Pedestrian injuries belong mainly to vulnerable sections of society including children, elderly, poor, laborers’ etc. (28,29), which further increases their vulnerability due to poor health, subsequently, disability and deaths. The injury severity scales significantly contributed to saving the lives of injury victims (11,30).…”

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Pattern of Severity of Road Traffic Injuries Among Pedestrians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

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Gupta

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Background: Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) contribute about 93 per cent of road traffic injuries (RTIs) and deaths worldwide with a significant proportion of pedestrians (22 per cent). Various scales are used to assess the pattern of injury severity, which are useful in predicting the outcomes of RTIs. We conducted this systematic review to determine the pattern of RTI severity among pedestrians in LMICs. Methods: We searched the electronic databases PubMed, CINHAL, CENTRAL, Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE, ProQuest and SciELO, and examined the references of the selected studies. Original research articles published on the RTI severity among pedestrians in LMICs during 1997-2016 were eligible for this review. Quality of publications was assessed using an adapted Newcastle-Ottawa Scale of observational studies. Findings of this study were presented as a meta-summary. Results: Five articles from 3 LMICs were eligible for the systematic review. Abbreviated Injury Score, Glasgow Coma Scale and Maxillofacial Injury Severity Score were used to assess the injury severity in the selected studies. In a multicentric study from China (2013), 21, 38 and 19 per cent pedestrians with head injuries had AIS scores 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6, respectively. In another study from China (2010), the proportion of AIS score 1-2 and AIS score 3 and above (serious to un-survivable) injuries occurred due to crash with sedan cars were 65 and 35 per cent, respectively. Such injuries due to minivan crashes were 49.5 per cent and 50.5 per cent, respectively. Two studies Ikeja, Nigeria (2014) and Elazig, Turkey (2009) presented, 24.5 and 32.5 per cent injured had a severe head injury (GCS < 8), respectively. In another study from Ibadan, Nigeria (2014), the severe maxillofacial injuries were seen in the victims of car/minibus pedestrian crashes 46 per cent, and 17 per cent had a fatal outcome. Conclusion: A varied percent of pedestrians (24.5 to 57 percent) had road traffic injuries of serious to fatal nature, depending on type of collision and injury severity scale. This study pressed the need to conduct studies with a robust methodology on the pattern of RTI severity among pedestrians to guide the programme managers, researchers and policymakers in LMICs to formulate the policies and programmes to save the pedestrian lives. Keywords: Pedestrian, Road Traffic Injuries, Injury Severity, Low-and middle-income countries.

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“…Traffic accidents are one of the most unfortunate reasons that claim dozens of lives every day around the world, in addition to the occurrence of many injuries and serious damage to the means of transportation, despite the increase in awareness campaigns in global traffic weeks, and throughout the year as well, and the causes of traffic accidents are many [1][2][3]. There is a continuous increase in the number of victims due to traffic accidents; In 2016, the number of deaths resulting from car accidents reached 1.35 million people around the world, but this percentage is considered constant with the increase in population numbers around the world, and the increase in the number of cars, and this indicates the efforts made to maintain the safety of road users, which led to a lack of It gets worse, knowing that one of the sustainable development by 2020, has not yet been achieved [4][5][6].…”

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"Epidemiological, Characteristics and Outcomes of Road Traffic Accident Among Patients in Emergency Units"

Al‐Ogaili¹

2021

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Traffic accidents constitute about 85% of deaths, especially in developing countries. Traffic accidents have become a source of anxiety and terror among everyone, with an impact on human, technical and environmental factors. This study aimed to identify the epidemiological, characteristics and outcomes of Road Traffic accident among patients in emergency unit during the study period. A retrospective cross sectional study was conducted among 198471 patients with road traffic injuries were registered at 15 provinces on Iraq. The data reported to the present study were collected between January 2020 and December 2020. Data onto patients were recorded including cause and location of injury, frequency and type of injury (frequency of soft tissue injuries and bone fractures), as well as age and gender distribution. Males comprised 70.2% of the total fatalities, while females accounted for 29.8%. The age group of 15-44 years was the most vulnerable (54.71%) of the total cases followed by the age group 5-14 years (20.8%) and ≥ 45 years (16.6%). Majority of victims were unemployed (61.2%) and (65%) were married.Car accident constituted the large victim group of road traffic accident fatalities and injuries (32.9%), followed by motorcycle (25.7%). The official statistics revealed of the threat to minibus (16.1%) and lorry (15.3%). out of total number of 78201 cases (39.4 %) that sustained head injury, Skull fractures were found in 44361 (22.4 %) cases of head injury. Among other injuries, most commonly injured abdominal organ was (16.6%) followed by the upper extremity (16.2 %). Conclusion in short, it has been shown in this study that male gender, young ages, and involvement of cars and drivers and pedestrians pose a higher risk, mortality, and morbidity. Our results may be useful for forensic pathologists and clinicians and for mechanical engineers who investigate new safety devices for vehicle occupants. goals, which is to reduce the death rates from accidents by 50%

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Characteristics of Patients Injured in Road Traffic Accidents According to the New Injury Severity Score

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Patient and injury characteristics associated with road traffic mortality in general hospitals in southern Thailand

Patient and injury characteristics associated with road traffic mortality in general hospitals in southern Thailand

Pattern of Severity of Road Traffic Injuries Among Pedestrians in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

"Epidemiological, Characteristics and Outcomes of Road Traffic Accident Among Patients in Emergency Units"

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