Trauma surgery & acute care open.
Publisher:
BMJ,
Frequency: Annual
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma,
Start Year:2016 -
ISSN:
2397-5776 (Electronic)
2397-5776 (Linking)
2397-5776 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2
2021
| NLM ID: | 101698646 |
| (OCoLC): | 968156865 |
| LCCN: | 2017247753 |
| Classification: | W1 |
Hearing hoofbeats? Think head and neck trauma: a 10-year NTDB analysis of equestrian-related trauma in the USA. There is a paucity of evidence about traumatic injuries and their sequelae sustained due to equestrian injuries nationally. Methods: Retrospective study analyzing National Trauma Data Bank data from 2007 to 2016. Variables collected included age, sex, race, payer status, Injury Severity Score (ISS), hospital length of stay, Glasgow Coma Scale, systolic blood pressure (SBP) at presentation, discharge disposition, and mortality. Patient data were analyzed by anatomic region. Results: The most frequent type of injury was in the thorax, but head and neck injuries produced the highest mortality. In...