@article{ref1,
title="A second injury in the same body region is associated with lower mortality than a second injury in a different body region",
journal="Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine",
year="2005",
author="Moore, Linda and Lavoie, Andre and Le Sage, Natalie and Liberman, Moishe and Bergeron, Eric",
volume="49",
number="",
pages="51-60",
abstract="ABSTRACT HYPOTHESIS: A second injury in the same body region is associated with lower mortality than a second injury in a different body region, independently of injury severity and body region. METHODS: The population consisted of 15,200 patients with two or more injuries from level I trauma centers in Quebec. The mortality odds ratio of having a same-region second injury (SR) as opposed to a different-region second injury (DR) was assessed. RESULTS: Patients with a SR had 43% lower odds of mortality when compared to patients with a DR. CONCLUSION: A second injury in the same body region is associated with lower mortality than a second injury in a different body region.",
language="",
issn="1540-0360",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}