Polytrauma in cyclists. Incidence, etiology, and injury patterns;Polytrauma bei fahrradfahrern. Häufigkeit, ursachen und verletzungsmuster

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1022-1028

  Strohm, P C ^a   Sudkamp N P ^a   Zwingmann, J ^a   El Saman, A ^a   Kostler W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclist; Polytrauma; Prevention; Severly injured

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; STATISTICS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 29044442129     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-005-0975-3     Document Type: Article

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