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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Cardiac injuries in car occupants in fatal motor vehicle collisions - An autopsy-based study |
Author: | Turk, E. Tsang, Y. Champaneri, A. Pueschel, K. Byard, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine: an international journal of forensic and legal medicine, 2010; 17(6):339-343 |
Publisher: | Churchill Livingstone |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 1752-928X 1532-2009 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Elisabeth E. Turk, Yee-Wah Tsang, Anisha Champaneri, Klaus Pueschel, Roger W. Byard |
Abstract: | Motor vehicle accidents contribute widely to population morbidity and mortality around the world, and cardiac injuries are a major factor determining outcome. Autopsy reports from 380 motor vehicle occupants who died in motor vehicle crashes in Adelaide, Australia, and Hamburg, Germany, over a 6-year period were reviewed, analysing the presence and type of cardiac injuries and their correlation with factors such as crash type, presence of seatbelt/airbag and vehicle speed as well as with the presence of other injuries which might predict the presence of cardiac injuries in a clinical setting. 21.1% had cardiac injuries identified macroscopically autopsy or histology. Cardiac injuries were the only cause of death or contributed to a fatal outcome in 76% of these cases. Sternal fractures and left-sided serial rib fractures were predictive of cardiac injury. |
Keywords: | Medico-legal autopsy Motor vehicle crash Vehicle occupant Cardiac injuries Blunt force Serial rib fractures |
Rights: | Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.05.005 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2010.05.005 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Pathology publications |
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