[Comparative clinical-epidemiological assessments of road traffic accidents: emergency room observations in three counties of Moldavia, Romania, during 2005-2010]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2011 Apr-Jun;115(2):518-23.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

Aim: To assess road traffic injuries according to some descriptive parameters.

Material and methods: The study was carried out on a series of 5374 patients admitted to emergency rooms at Iasi (n=3050), Botosani (n=1187), and Vaslui (n=l137), between 2005 and 2010.

Results: Most frequently, the patient was a young, male adult, with cranial cerebral trauma, leg fracture, forearm contusion, or polytrauma, presenting to the emergency room most commonly in the month of August, weekends, and interval noon-dawn interval.

Conclusions: The impact of road trauma epidemic would facilitate a better adaptation of the medical staff to case dynamics and increase the efficacy of primary prevention programs.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic / statistics & numerical data*
  • Adult
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / epidemiology*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Inpatients / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Trauma / epidemiology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Romania / epidemiology