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ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2021

Pattern and In-Hospital Mortality of Thoracoabdominal Injuries Associated with Motor Vehicle Accident-Related Spinal Injury: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.

Mubarak Ali Algahtany, Walid Abd El Maksoud

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Article in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors.

Mubarak Ali AlgahtanyDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8524-9769
Walid Abd El MaksoudDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2861-6611

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMotor vehicle accident (MVA) is a global health hazard that results in spinal, thoracic, and abdominal injuries. Detailed studies on the association between MVA-related traumatic spinal injury (TSI) and thoracoabdominal injuries are lacking. This study aims to elucidate the prevalence, pattern of association between these injuries, and related outcomes in terms of in-hospital mortality.

methodsThis is a retrospective single-center study of MVA-related TSI with thoracoabdominal associated injuries. Descriptive analysis was performed for gender, age, spinal injury level, thoracoabdominal injury region, admission day, hospital stay duration, and discharge category. The association between TSI and thoracoabdominal injury was analyzed, and the chi-square test was used to test the significance of differences. A statistically significant difference was considered at

resultsThe cohort had a mean age of 33.6 ± 17.7 years with predominantly more males (85.1%). Thoracoabdominal injuries were present in 10.5% of MVA-related TSIs, and 9.2% of victims died during their hospital stay. There is a significant (

conclusionThoracoabdominal injuries concomitant with MVA-related TSI cause considerable mortality. A pattern of association exists between the level of spinal and region of thoracoabdominal injury. Knowledge of this pattern is helpful in the routine practice of trauma health partitioners.

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Spinal InjuriesAccidents, TrafficAdolescentAdultHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotor VehiclesRetrospective StudiesYoung Adult

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PMID34721829
PMCPMC8553470

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