Résumé
Road traffic accidents are the major causes of death worldwide. Head injury is the single most common cause of mortality in road traffic accidents; head being the most vulnerable part of the body. The present study was undertaken on 138 victims of road traffic accidents, died due to head injury to find out the patterns of head injuries, their age and sex distribution and site distribution of different types of fractures. The highest incidence was seen in age group of 21-30 years and males clearly outnumbered females. In the present study, most of the incidents occurred between 1200 to 1800 hours. The maximum number of victims (39.57%) died while on the way to hospital. The motor-cyclists were the commonest group of victims and trucks being the commonest offending vehicles. Intracranial haemorrhages were seen in 113 cases, skull fractures were found in 95 cases and injury to brain in 51 cases. Linear fracture of skull with basal fracture was the commonest type and temporo-parietal region was involved predominantly. Subdural haemorrhage was the commonest haemorrhage observed.
Sujets)
Accidents de la route/mortalité , Accidents de la route/statistiques et données numériques , Adulte , Autopsie , Traumatismes cranioencéphaliques/complications , Traumatismes cranioencéphaliques/épidémiologie , Traumatismes cranioencéphaliques/étiologie , Traumatismes cranioencéphaliques/mortalité , Issue fatale , Femelle , Humains , Inde/épidémiologie , Hémorragies intracrâniennes/étiologie , Mâle , Population rurale , Fractures du crâne/complications , Fractures du crâne/épidémiologie , Fractures du crâne/étiologie , Fractures du crâne/mortalité , Jeune adulteRésumé
Estudo descritivo, feito por meio de dados oficiais, dos acidentes de motocicleta com vítimas (3.390), incluindo atropelamentos, ocorridos no Município de Säo Paulo, Brasil, em 1982, e que tiveram como conseqüência 4.480 vítimas, das quais, 166 faleceram dentro do período de até 180 dias após o evento. O coeficiente de mortalidade foi de aproximadamente 2/100.000 habitantes e a relaçäo coeficiente masculino/feminino foi de 6:1. Na natureza das lesöes verificou-se que os diagnósticos mais freqüentes foram as fraturas de crânio (27,96%0, os traumatismos internos de tórax e de abdome (14,52%), e as fraturas dos membros inferiores (14,25%). Os óbitos no momento do acidente e nas primeiras 24 h perfizeram 62,35% do total. A morte ocorreu mais precocemente entre os motociclistas e passageiros do que entre os pedestres