@article{ref1,
title="E-bike injuries: experience from an urban emergency department: a retrospective study from Switzerland",
journal="Emergency medicine international",
year="2014",
author="Papoutsi, Sylvana and Martinolli, Luca and Braun, Christian Tasso and Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.",
volume="2014",
number="",
pages="1-5",
abstract="Background. Between 2005 and 2012, annual sales of E-bikes in Switzerland increased from 1,792 to 52,941. This continuous and rapid transition from human-powered bicycles to an electric bicycle technology may indicate the increasing demand for low-cost transportation technology in combination with a healthy lifestyle. Material and Methods. In the present study, from April 2012 to September 2013, we retrospectively analysed E-bike accidents treated in the Emergency Department of our hospital by focusing on the following parameters: age, gender, time, period, and cause of the accident, as well as injury and outcome. <br><br>RESULTS. Patients were predominantly male. The mean age of injured E-cyclists was 47.5 years. The main causes of injury were self-accident. Most injuries were to the head/neck. The mean ISS was 8.48. The outcome showed that 9 patients were treated as outpatients, 9 were inpatients, and 5 patients were kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Only six patients underwent surgery (S). <br><br>DISCUSSION. This is the first attempt to evaluate E-bike injuries in Switzerland in an acute hospital setting. Since there is increasing popular preference for E-bikes as means of transportation and injuries to the head or neck are prevalent among E-cyclists, the hazard should not to be underestimated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-2840",
doi="10.1155/2014/850236",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/850236"
}