@article{ref1,
title="The incidence of ruptured aorta among vehicular fatalities",
journal="Proceedings: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Conference",
year="1988",
author="Dischinger, Patricia C. and Cowley, R. Adams and Shankar, B. S. and Smialek, John E.",
volume="32",
number="",
pages="15-23",
abstract="Although blunt injury to the chest with rupture of the thoracic aorta is a frequent occurrence in vehicular accidents, few victims of this injury reach the hospital alive. Thus, analysis of vehicular fatalities resulting from ruptured aorta should give a fairly complete picture of the epidemiologic factors associated with this lesson.  Police reports, autopsy records, and ambulance run-sheets were obtained for the 739 traffic fatalities recorded in Maryland in 1985. Of those victims with complete autopsies, it was determined that 105 or 23.5% had a ruptured thoracic aorta. Characteristics of those accidents are described and contrasted to the other fatalities.<p />",
language="",
issn="1540-0344",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}