Pattern of road traffic injuries: A study from western Maharashtra

Patil, Supriya; Kakade, R. G.; Durgawale, P M; Kakade, Satish V.

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.39248

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“…Among the serious injuries, lower limb fractures were the commonest followed by head injuries which is in concordance with a study carried out in western Maharashtra. 18 Similar findings were revealed in a study carried out by Gichuhi in Nairobi 19 as well as in a study carried out by Gunjan et al 17 in central India.…”

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An epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Pathak¹,

Jindal

Verma

et al. 2014

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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An epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Pathak¹,

Jindal

Verma

et al. 2014

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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“…In this study, men had more injures (51.2%) than women. This finding is in line with the results of other studies (12)(13)(14). In our study, the majority of patients were in the age range of 20 to 30 years.…”

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“…In this study, lower limb fracture and dislocation of the shoulder was in the second step (17). Patil et al also concluded that fractures, lower limb fracture, upper limbs and head were most prevalent in 190 cases of road accidents (14). In our study, 81.8% of patients were discharged, 9.1% were hospitalized, 8.9% were referred and 0.1% had mortality.…”

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Types of trauma in different seasons in patients referred to Imam Reza Hospital Trauma Center

Vahdati

Nia

Dalil

et al. 2017

J Emerg Pract Trauma

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Objective: Trauma is a disease of modern societies and one of the reasons for the deaths of all ages in those societies. It is estimated that each year about 8.5 million people worldwide lose their lives as a result of trauma. Among the types of injuries around the world, road accidents are more common. We conducted this study to compare types of trauma in different seasons in patients referred to Imam Reza hospital trauma center in 2013. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all trauma patients admitted to Trauma Emergency Department of Imam Reza hospital in Tabriz entered the study. As this study did not focus on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, we used epidemiological data from history and physical examination as a source. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used for data analysis. All data were analyzed using SPSS version 15.0. Results: Of all 23 876 patients, 18 044 patients (75.6%) were male and 5832 (24.4%) were female. The prevalence of majority of trauma cases was 11.2% (2671) and occurred in September. Traffic accidents were the most common cause of trauma in patients with a prevalence of 33.9% (8095). Head injury had a prevalence of 38.6%. We did not find any correlation between age of patients, gender, type of injuries and the affected limb. Conclusion: Findings showed that trauma is more prevalent among males and younger people. Thus, proper planning and stringent traffic rules can reduce accident rate.

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“…India has overtaken China with around 105,000 deaths annually. Head injuries are the most common and serious type of trauma of the road traffic accidents [2][3][4][5][6][7] .…”

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Pattern of injuries in road traffic accident in northern Indian population

Mishra¹,

Qidwai²,

Mishra³

2017

Int. J. Orthop. Sci.

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Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is a current global development epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO 2010: 5) estimates that road traffic crashes cause over 1.24 million deaths and about 50 million people are injured per year. In India, the problem of road traffic accidents has been a public health issue. The present study aims to study the clinical profile of road traffic accident victims with orthopedic injuries admitted in a hospital of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The present cross-sectional study has been carried out at Orthopedics OPD and Emergency at Era's Medical College, Lucknow. Sample size was calculated prior and was 262. The data were collected from Sep 2014 to June 2015. The findings were presented in tabular form to assess the socioeconomic variables, types of orthopedic injuries and most reasons of accidents. It is found that 69% victims were in age group of 20-40 years. Out of 262 patients 69% were male while 31% were female. Nearly 35% were undergraduate students. In 30% patients, tibia was fractured while in nearly 18% patients, two bones were fractured in combination of tibia+pelvis/femur/fibula/skull/ribs/humerus/radius/ulna. The distribution of patients according to bone fracture patterns was same among three bone fractures. The percentage of patients having four bone fracture (tibia+pelvis+humerus+ulna) was found to be 1%. In the present study, 39% accident victims reported that they got accident due to high speed of vehicle, 27% reported that accident occurred due to poor traffic systems, 31% reported that it happened due to poor road while 4% presented the reason of accident due to other reasons. The present study aims to know the common pattern of orthopedic injuries after road traffic accidents. The middle-age people are victims of traffic road accidents who get various types of typical orthopedic injuries. Still, the high speed and poor traffic systems are twin problems of road accidents.

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Pattern of road traffic injuries: A study from western Maharashtra

Cited by 63 publications

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An epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital

An epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Types of trauma in different seasons in patients referred to Imam Reza Hospital Trauma Center

Pattern of injuries in road traffic accident in northern Indian population

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