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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Motor vehicle accidents"”.
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Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Accidents Caused by Sleep Deprivation
… two different states, Georgia and New York, of motor vehicle fatalitiesrelated to alcohol and sleep deprivation. It will be determined; if there is a connection between these two factors in motor vehicle fatalities. First there was a study completed to determine how often accidents occurred …
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Attentional biases and PTSD symptomology in victims of sexual assault and motor vehicle accidents
… experiences prevalent in the college population, motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and sexual assaults. The flicker paradigm, used to measure change detection, was utilized to examine hypersensitivity to environments with threatening stimuli in individuals whom experienced either of these traumas. …
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Factors contributing to motor vehicle accidents and severity of related injuries in Oshana region, Namibia
Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVAs) are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. Namibia is one of the countries with the highest MVAs fatality rate, 23.9/100 000. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.25 million people die every year due to MVAs. Despite having a …
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Spatial Analysis of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Johnson City, Tennessee, as Reported to Washington County Emergency Communications District (911).
… January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2009 for motor vehicle accidents inside the corporate limits of Johnson City, Tennessee. Records were compared according to the land use classification for adjacent properties, roadway type, and traffic signal proximity. Data were evaluated through ArcGIS …
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A profile of children with traumatic brain injury admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children?s Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Cape Town, South Africa, between 2015 and 2019
… 6.5 (IQR 3.5-9) years; 144 (62.1%) were male. Motor vehicle accidents accounted for 77% (179) of injuries. Two hundred (86.2%) children were invasively ventilated for a median of 3.5 (IQR 1-7) days; 26 children (13%, n=200) had a failed extubation and 16/200 (8%) required tracheostomies. …
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Age-Related Changes in Visual Processing Speed: A Pilot Study Using the Motor Free Visual Perception Test- 4
… increased risk of being involved in motor vehicle accidents. Evidence reveals that visual processing speed decreases with age, which may impact driving. The Motor-Free Visual Perception Test- Third Edition (MVPT-3) is used as a pre-driving assessment and has an age-normed Response …
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Policy implications of ubiquitous technologies in the car : privacy, data ownership, and regulation
Motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States, providing freedom in travel and enterprise for many people. However, motor vehicle accidents are the largest component of unintentional injuries and contribute to a high degree of morbidity and mortality for all ages. …
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A detailed study of persons admitted to the spinal unit of conradie hospital, Pinelands, Cape, during 1985.
… main causes of injury are examined, and while Motor Vehicle Accidents, Falls and Gunshot wounds are commonly described in the literature as causes of s.c.i., what is unique at the Conradie Hospital is the high percentage of stab wounds (29,6%) causing spinal cord lesions. 0 The method of injury …
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EEG Asymmetries in Survivors of Severe Motor Accidents: Association with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and its Treatment as well as Posttraumatic Growth
Severe motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) represent one of the most often occurring psychological traumas, and are a leading cause of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, not all persons develop PTSD after traumatic events and a great proportion of patients who show symptoms initially recover …
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Amputation rate following tibia fractures with associated popliteal artery injuries
… and 8 females, with a mean age of 31 years. Motor vehicle accidents and gunshot wounds constituted the mechanism in 17 and 11 patients respectively. Twenty-one were polytrauma victims. Intra/extra16 articular metaphyseal fractures (OTA 41 A-C) were recorded in 19 and diaphyseal (OTA 42 A-C) …
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Understanding the mechanism of injury associated with long bone fractures through dynamic bending impact
… from homicide and assault cases, child abuse and motor vehicle accidents. Such incidents often result in skeletal trauma. Trauma to the lower limbs due to bending forces often involves a fracture pattern known as a butterfly or wedge fracture. Forensic analysis of the butterfly fracture aids in …
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Measurement Error Adjustment in the Offset Variable of a Poisson Model
Motor vehicle accidents is the main cause of death among teenagers in the US. Car crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers. The Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program is one effective policy for reducing the number of teenage car crashes. Our study focuses on how the GDL program …
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A Finite Element Model of the Pregnant Female Occupant: Analysis of Injury Mechanisms and Restraint Systems
… in the second half of pregnancy are involved in motor-vehicle crashes each year. It has been estimated that between 300 to 3800 will experience a fetal loss. Placental abruption has been shown to account for 50% to 70% of fetal losses in motor vehicle crashes. While there is a growing database of …
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Outcomes of decompressive craniectomy in adults with severe traumatic brain injury: the Groote Schuur Hospital experience
… injuries to the head and 19% were involved in motor vehicle accidents. Unilateral hemi-craniectomies were carried out in 81% of patients and 54 (75%) were done as primary decompressive craniectomies. Survivors were followed up for a period of at least six months and functional outcomes were …
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Long-term outcome following severe and very severe closed head injury during childhood
… severe and very severe closed head injury in motor vehicle accidents while under the age of 15 years was carried out at a mean of 6,1 years post-injury. Each subject was neuropsychologically assessed using a battery of tests including those of general intellectual ability and motor, …
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Injuries on Mechanized Logging Operations in the Southeastern United States
… of injuries to truck drivers was the result of motor vehicle accidents. Conclusions: * A worker performing equipment maintenance or repair, or a worker felling or delimbing a tree not processed by a feller-buncher or delimbing device, has the greatest risk of injury on fully-mechanized …
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Occupational Head Protection: Considerations for Test Methods and Use
Occupational accidents are a main source of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), with TBIs accounting for a substantial portion of all work-related deaths. Motor vehicle accidents and falls are consistently leading causes of head injury and fatality across industries. These injuries can have serious …
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Predictors of prolonged opioid use following lumbar fusion
… OPR-related deaths in the US exceeds deaths from motor vehicle accidents.3 The objective of this study is to assess predictors of prolonged opioid use after lumbar fusion. We designed a retrospective cohort of patients who underwent lumbar fusion in 2009. We used claims data from Clinformatics …
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes and practices of young adults on alcohol consumption and its effects on their health- Windhoek, Namibia
… ulcers, liver damage and increased risk of motor vehicle accidents). Furthermore, 58.7% of respondents agreed that alcohol is a drug, and 87.7% agreed that 10% of road accidents are alcohol-related. Respondents showed inadequate knowledge regarding the term “standard drink” and the …
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