MULTIPLE ABDOMINAL INJURIES IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

POLITRAUMA INTRAABDOMINALNIH ORGANA U PROMETU

Between 1976 and 1985, 39 patients with two or more injuries to more than two abdominal organs received medical treatment. Almost 76% of abdominal injuries are road accident related. 55% are injuries to two or more than two abdominal organs. During a five-year period, the road accident related abdominal injuries doubled in comparison with the preceeding five-year period. Men are found to be involved in road accidents with injuries five times more often than women. Drivers seem to run the highest risk (74% of all casualties) among all road users. Almost 76% of all road accidents studied occured on the Zagreb-Belgrade motorway. On admission to hospital, 41% of casualties were suffering from haemorrhages, haemorrhages with perforation were found in 41% of admitted casualties and perforation in 18% of admitted casualties. Injuries to the liver, spleen and peritoneum show the highest incidence. 50% of admitted casualties had sustained injuries to two organs and 41% of admitted patients to more than three organs. Together with injuries to abdominal organs, 82% of admitted casualties had sustained injuries to the skeletal system. 74% of admitted casualties were in a state of heavy shock. Fatalities were mostly due to heavy loss of blood (74%) while the death rate in the study was 30%. (TRRL)

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  Oour Istrazivacki Centar za Med i Psihologiju Prom

  Sarengradska 3
  Zagreb, Croatia,   Yugoslavia 
• Authors:
  • Busic, Z
  • Busic, N J
  • Busic, D
  • Radic, M
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• Croatian

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 43-48
• Serial:
  • Covjek i Promet
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Istrazivacki Centar za Medicinu i Psihologiju
  • ISSN: 0350-8765

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abdomen; Drivers; Fatalities; Injuries; Traffic crashes
• ITRD Terms: 2035: Abdomen; 2036: Blood; 9003: Cause; 1772: Driver; 1602: Fatality; 9032: Increase; 2163: Injury; 9040: Loss; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 6555: Statistics; 2043: Viscera; 8128: Yugoslavia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00479958
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM