Use of a structural deformity index as a predictor of severity among trauma victims in motor vehicle crashes

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-28

  Díez, Diego Reyero ^a   Otano, Tomás Belzunegui ^b   Bermejo Fraile, Begoña ^c   Louis, Clint Jean ^b   Ramírez, Jose Roldán ^b   Sucunza, Alfredo Echarri ^a  

^a Navarra Health Services   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^c Navarra Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

ejection from vehicle; kinematics; occupant position; seat belt; severity of injury; structural deformity; Structural Deformity Index (SDI); vehicle crash; vehicle occupants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STRUCTURAL DEFORMITY INDEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864014040     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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