@article{ref1,
title="Clinical epidemiological assessments on 3521 patients suffering from road traffic injuries, in relation with trauma localisation and severity, assisted in "Sf. Ioan" Emergency Unit, during 2002-2009",
journal="Revista medico-chirurgicală a Societă ţ̜ii de Medici şi Naturalişti din Iaşi",
year="2011",
author="Manole, M. and Ciuhodaru, T. and Zanoschi, Georgeta and Manole, Alina and Ivan, A.",
volume="115",
number="1",
pages="138-142",
abstract="AIM: The aim of study was to assess road traffic injuries in relation with their localisation and severity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A sample of 3521 patients suffering from road traffic injuries and assisted in &quot;Sf. Ioan&quot; Emergency Unit, Iaşi, Romania was assess regarding age group, sex and residence area, type of lesions and ther localisation and severity, between 2002-2009. Data were collected using a special epidemiological inquiry and processed using SPSS and MS Excel statistical softs. RESULTS: The incidence of road traffic injuries increased during the last decade, with a report men/women of 1.5, urban and 21-30 age group predominance. The most frequent were leg fractures (16.7%) and thoracal contusions (19.1%), cranial and facial trauma (32.4%), with open injuries (10.5%). CONCLUSIONS: Prevention programmes with a high efficiency at the national level, as well as a concret identification of risk factors with a multidisciplinar approach of road traffic accidents, are needed.<p /> <p>Language: ro</p>",
language="ro",
issn="0048-7848",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}