Naslov
Pattern of emergency room mortality among road traffic crash victims

Autori
Babalola, Oladimeji Ranti ; Oluwadiya, Kehinde ; Vrgoč, Goran ; Akpati, Ugochukwu ; Sindik, Joško ; Čoklo, Miran ; Marinović, Marin ; Bakota, Bore

Izvornik
Injury (0020-1383) 46 (2015), S6; S21-S23

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Emergency room; Mortality; Road traffic crash; Victim

Sažetak
Road traffic injuries are a major cause of death in the emergency room. The goal of this study was to highlight the demographic pattern of road traffic- related deaths in the accident and emergency room of a regional trauma centre. This was a 5-year retrospective study in which road traffic-related cases of emergency room mortality between June 2009 and June 2014 were reviewed. A total of 33 road traffic crash-related deaths occurred during this period with a male-to-female ratio of 2.3:1. Most of these patients were pedestrians with severe injuries involving two or more Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) coded regions. The mean time between injury and presentation in the first trauma facility was 112.1 (±55.4)min, and between presentation in the emergency room and death was 410 (±645)min. Mangled lower extremity, bilateral long bone lower limb fractures, pelvic injuries, blunt injuries to the chest and abdomen, and cranial fossae fractures were the common injury pattern. Median ISS and NISS in these patients were 22 (interquartile range [IQR]=11) and 25 (IQR=17), respectively. Severe injuries, delayed presentation, multiple referrals and delayed resuscitative measures contribute to road traffic crash-related mortality.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

Napomena
S.I.: A Croatian perspective and international cooperation ; Bore Bakota i Mario Starešinić(ur.).

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