TY - JOUR
T1 - Youth traffic-related injuries
T2 - A prospective study
AU - Grivna, Michal
AU - Eid, Hani O.
AU - Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We have to acknowledge that there are certain limitations in our study. We studied only patients who were admitted to the hospital or those who died in the Emergency Department following road traffic collisions. More seriously injured patients may have died before arriving to our hospitals. Furthermore, our study population was from Al Ain City, limiting the generalizability of our results for other parts of the UAE. Finally, our study was a specific time limited research project supported by the UAE University before 2007. It may be questioned whether our results reflect the present situation. We think that risk factors for youth traffic injuries are still the same in our city.
Funding Information:
This study was supported by an Interdisciplinary UAE University grant (No. 02-07-8-1/4).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/1/5
Y1 - 2017/1/5
N2 - Background: Traffic-related injuries are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality of the youth. Our aim was to study epidemiology, risk factors and outcome of hospitalized youth patients injured in road traffic collisions in order to give recommendations for prevention. Methods: We prospectively studied all youth (15-24years) patients having traffic-related injuries who were admitted to Al Ain or Tawam Hospitals, Al Ain City, or who died after arrival to these hospitals during an 18months period. Demography, location and time of injury, injured body regions, severity, hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) stay and outcome were analyzed. Results: Three hundred thirty-three patients having a mean age (SD) of 20years (2.5) were studied. 87% were males and 72% were UAE nationals. Majority of injured patients were drivers or front-seat passengers (70%), followed by back seat passengers (16%), motorcyclists (5%) and pedestrians (4%). Rollover was the most common crash mechanism (35%), followed by front crash (34%). Twenty seven patients (8%) were ejected during the crash, 14 during roll-over, 7 from quadribikes and three during front crash. 20% of the patients were admitted to the ICU. Median Glasgow Coma Scale was 15 (range 3-15), median Injury Severity Score was 5 (range 1-41), and median total hospital stay was 3days (range 1-73). Nine (3%) patients died. Conclusions: Young UAE-national males are at a higher risk of being injured at traffic. Rollover crash was frequent with high risk of ejection. Promotion of traffic safety and enforcement of safety legislation is necessary.
AB - Background: Traffic-related injuries are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality of the youth. Our aim was to study epidemiology, risk factors and outcome of hospitalized youth patients injured in road traffic collisions in order to give recommendations for prevention. Methods: We prospectively studied all youth (15-24years) patients having traffic-related injuries who were admitted to Al Ain or Tawam Hospitals, Al Ain City, or who died after arrival to these hospitals during an 18months period. Demography, location and time of injury, injured body regions, severity, hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) stay and outcome were analyzed. Results: Three hundred thirty-three patients having a mean age (SD) of 20years (2.5) were studied. 87% were males and 72% were UAE nationals. Majority of injured patients were drivers or front-seat passengers (70%), followed by back seat passengers (16%), motorcyclists (5%) and pedestrians (4%). Rollover was the most common crash mechanism (35%), followed by front crash (34%). Twenty seven patients (8%) were ejected during the crash, 14 during roll-over, 7 from quadribikes and three during front crash. 20% of the patients were admitted to the ICU. Median Glasgow Coma Scale was 15 (range 3-15), median Injury Severity Score was 5 (range 1-41), and median total hospital stay was 3days (range 1-73). Nine (3%) patients died. Conclusions: Young UAE-national males are at a higher risk of being injured at traffic. Rollover crash was frequent with high risk of ejection. Promotion of traffic safety and enforcement of safety legislation is necessary.
KW - RTC
KW - Traffic injury
KW - Traffic safety
KW - Youth
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U2 - 10.1186/s13017-016-0113-2
DO - 10.1186/s13017-016-0113-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008339570
SN - 1749-7922
VL - 12
JO - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
JF - World Journal of Emergency Surgery
IS - 1
M1 - 2
ER -