Motorcycle limb injuries in a developing Country

Oluwadiya, Kehinde Sunday; Oginni, LM; Olasinde, AA; Fadiora, S O

doi:10.4314/wajm.v23i1.28080

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“…This finding is in agreement with the report made by [15,9,17] where they stated that number of male victims in RTA is higher than that of females. The monthly mean number of admitted males and females were compared using t-test over the periods under study and the analysis revealed that there is significant difference between males ( X � = 306.63, σ = 69.56) and females (X � = 248.85, σ = 65.27) number of admission (p<0.05).…”

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“…Our finding corroborates the findings of [14] where it was reported that "the incidences of the RTA are on the increase and characterized by seasonal factors as can be seen from the high values of the seasonal indices for the months of January, February, May, June, October, November and December". However, our result is at variance with the findings in [15] and [16] where they claimed that highest number of RTA occurs during the rainy season, whereas our study suggested the peak is during the dry seasons. The estimated adjusted seasonal variations were used to make projections for years 2011 and 2012.…”

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Time Series Analysis of Admission in the Accident and Emergency Unit of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

Abiona¹,

Adebowale²,

Fagbamigbe³

2012

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Mortality resulting from accidents and late admission of patients into modern health facility constitute a high proportion of all deaths in the developing countries. Information on patterns of admission of Accident and Emergency (AE) patients is valuable to caregivers in AE department in meeting patients' seasonal needs. This retrospective study used gender-classified records of 79990 patients admitted into the AE unit between 1995 and 2006 in University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. We examined seasonal variation using trigonometric regression and moving average models. There exists significant difference in number of admission between males ( � = 306.63, = 69.56) and females ( � = 248.85, = 65.27).The analysis further showed that patient's admission peaked in May and minimal in November. Seasonal index showed that the peak of number of patients admitted was observed in the last quarter of every year. This is an indication that admission occurs mostly during the festive periods where people travel home to celebrate with their love ones. The projected quarterly admissions for 2011 are (Q1=1488, Q2=1497, Q3=1632, Q4=1634) and for 2012 are (Q1=1490, Q2=1499, Q3=1634, Q4=1635). The hospital management should engage more caregivers and make available more resuscitating medical equipments during last quarter of each year and peak periods.

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Time Series Analysis of Admission in the Accident and Emergency Unit of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

Abiona¹,

Adebowale²,

Fagbamigbe³

2012

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“…However, studies have shown that helmet use in developing countries is low (Odelowo, 1994;Oluwadiya et al, 2004). Therefore safety measures should be strong to prevent a lot of deaths from motorcycle riding.…”

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Injury outcome among helmeted and non-helmeted motorcycle riders and passengers at a tertiary care hospital in north-western Tanzania

Chalya

Ngayomela

Mabula

et al. 2014

Tanzania J Hlth Res

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Motorcycle helmets have been reported to reduce the risk of death and head injuries following motorcycle accidents. The aim of this descriptive prospective study was to determine the injury outcome among helmeted and non-helmeted motorcyclists and passengers at a tertiary hospital in north-western Tanzania. A total of 654 patients involved in the motorcycle accident were studied. Of these, 468 (71.6%) were motorcyclists (riders) and the remaining 186 (28.4%) were passengers. The median age of patients at presentation was 26 years. Male outnumbered females by a ratio of 4.5: 1.

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“…Tüm dünyada trafik kazalarına bağlı yaralanmalar morbidite ve mortalitenin önemli bir kısmını oluşturmakta ve mortalitenin %90'dan fazlası gelişmekte olan ülkelerde olmaktadır (11). Sürücüler sıklıkla güvenlik önlemlerini ihmal ederek diğer motorlu araçlarla yapılan kazalara göre kendilerini yaralanmalara daha açık hale getirirler (12 (17). Ayrıca trafik kazalarında genç yaştaki insanların kaza yapma risklerinin daha yüksek olduğu bilinen bir gerçektir (18).…”

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Musculoskeletal Injuries in Motorcycle Accidents

Şener¹,

Korkmaz²,

Yılmaz³

et al. 2015

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ÖzetAmaç: Motosiklet kazası nedeniyle ortopedik müdahale geçiren hastalarda risk faktörlerini değerlendirmeyi, kazaların önlenmesine ve meydana gelebilecek yaralanmaların ciddiyetinin azaltılmasına katkı sağlamayı amaçladık.Yöntemler: Çalışmada ortopedi ve travmatoloji acil polikliniğine 15 Temmuz 2008 ve 15 Ocak 2011 tarihleri arasında motosiklet kazası sonucu travma nedeniyle başvuran 49 hasta retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Yaş ve cinsiyeti, kaza anında sürücünün kask takıp takmadığı, eğitim düzeyi, sürücü belgesinin olup olmadığı, kazanın tarihi ve oluş şekli, ek patolojiler, uygulanan tedaviler ve motor hacmi gibi veriler içeren standart bir form tüm hastalar için dolduruldu. Bulgular:Olguların yaşları 16 ile 50 arasında değişmekte olup, ortalama 28,5±8,3 yıldır. Ortalama takip süresi 25,3 aydır. Kaza esnasında olguların %40,8'inde (n=20) sürücü belgesi, %73,5'inde (n=36) kask, %3,6'sında (n=15) mont, %18,4'ünde (n=9) dizlik ve %20,4'ünde (n=10) ayakkabı bulunmaktaydı. Olguların %24,5'inin (n=12) yapmış oldukları kazada ek organ yaralanması bulunmaktaydı. Çalışmaya katılan hastaların %26,5'inde tekli üst ekstremite kırığı, %6,1'inde çoklu üst ekstremite kırığı %55,1'inde tekli alt ekstremite kırığı, %8,2'sinde çoklu alt ekstremite kırığı, %4,1'inde hastada alt ve üst ekstremite kırığı birlikte saptandı. Olguların %51,0'ına (n=25) konservatif tedavi, %49'una (n=24) ise cerrahi tedavi uygulandı. Abs tractAim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors for injuries in individuals who received orthopedics treatment because of motorcycle accidents and to help preventing motorcycle accidents and reducing the severity of injuries. Methods:In this retrospective study, we included 49 patients who had musculoskeletal injuries due to the motorcycle accidents and were admitted to our orthopedics and traumatology clinic between July 2008 and January 2011. A standard questionnaire including information about age, gender, educational level of the patients and the time of accident; whether the patient had a protective gear and driving license or not, fracture site and pattern, type of treatments, and engine size was filled out by each subject. Results:The average age of the subjects was 28.5±8.3 years (range: 16-50). The mean follow-up period was 25.3 months. At the time of injury, 20 patients had a driving license (40.8%), 36 used helmet (73.5%), 15 wore cover (30.6%), 9 used knee pads (%18.4), and 10 subjects wore special shoes (20.4%). 24.5% of the subjects had an additional organ injury due to the accident. In this study, the frequency of single upper extremity fracture was 26.5%, multiple upper extremity fracture was 6.1%, single lower extremity fracture was 55.1%, multiple lower extremity fracture was 8.2%, and both upper and lower extremity fracture was 4.1%. 51% of cases had conservative treatment, while approximately half of the patients have undergone surgical intervention (49%). Conclusion:Motorcycle accidents should be considered as a whole. We think that improvement of the motorcycle drivers'...

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Motorcycle limb injuries in a developing Country

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Time Series Analysis of Admission in the Accident and Emergency Unit of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

Time Series Analysis of Admission in the Accident and Emergency Unit of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

Injury outcome among helmeted and non-helmeted motorcycle riders and passengers at a tertiary care hospital in north-western Tanzania

Musculoskeletal Injuries in Motorcycle Accidents

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