scholarly journals Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths in the United States, 1995–2010

2015 ◽  
Vol 182 (7) ◽  
pp. 606-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Harper ◽  
Thomas J. Charters ◽  
Erin C. Strumpf
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
The United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
Vehicle Accident

Stress State Dependence of Human Placenta Mechanical Behavior

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Weed ◽  
Ali Borazjani ◽  
Sourav Patnaik ◽  
Rajkumar Prabhu ◽  
Thomas Franz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
State Dependence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Maternal Trauma ◽  
Abruptio Placentae ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Vehicle Accident ◽  
Stress State Dependence

Maternal trauma affects 5–8% of all pregnancies and is the leading nonobstetric cause of maternal death in the United States [1]. The most common cause of trauma is motor vehicle accident (MVA) and the most common pathology is abruptio placentae, detachment of the placenta from uterus, which leads to serious maternal and fetal consequences [2].

scholarly journals Chronic Neck Pain and Whiplash: A Case-Control Study of the Relationship between Acute Whiplash Injuries and Chronic Neck Pain

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D Freeman ◽  
Arthur C Croft ◽  
Annette M Rossignol ◽  
Christopher J Centeno ◽  
Whitney L Elkins
Keyword(s):  
Neck Pain ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Chronic Neck Pain ◽  
The United States ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Whiplash Injuries ◽  
Vehicle Accident ◽  
Control Study

The authors undertook a case-control study of chronic neck pain and whiplash injuries in nine states in the United States to determine whether whiplash injuries contributed significantly to the population of individuals with chronic neck and other spine pain.Four hundred nineteen patients and 246 controls were randomly enrolled. Patients were defined as individuals with chronic neck pain, and controls as those with chronic back pain. The two groups were surveyed for cause of chronic pain as well as demographic information. The two groups were compared using an exposure-odds ratio. Forty-five per cent of the patients attributed their pain to a motor vehicle accident. An OR of 4.0 and 2.1 was calculated for men and women, respectively.Based on the results of the present study, it reasonable to infer that a significant proportion of individuals with chronic neck pain in the general population were originally injured in a motor vehicle accident.

Cerebral Myiasis Associated with Angiosarcoma of the Scalp

Neurosurgery ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. E167-E167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel H. Cheshier ◽  
Simon R. Bababeygy ◽  
Dominique Higgins ◽  
Julie Parsonnet ◽  
Stephen L. Huhn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Skilled Nursing Facility ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
Contact Exposure ◽  
A Minor

Abstract OBJECTIVE Primary human cerebral myiasis is an exceedingly rare condition and is almost never encountered by physicians in developed countries. The case report summarizes a case of extensive cerebral myiasis in a periurban community in the United States. CLINICAL PRESENTATION After a minor motor vehicle accident, police brought a 75-year-old man to the emergency room because he was observed to have a large cranial lesion. Examination revealed a 15 × 17 cm frontal bone defect with eroded frontal dura, exposed cortex, and massive cortical maggot infestation. INTERVENTION The patient was empirically treated with intravenous antibiotics for meningitis. Maggots (Phaenicia sericata, or the green bottle fly) were removed by suction, attrition, and gentle contact exposure to a mild bleach solution. Biopsy of the scalp and cranium revealed angiosarcoma, for which operative treatment was refused. The patient was transferred to a skilled nursing facility for palliative care where he died 3 months later. CONCLUSION This is the first published case of cerebral myiasis in the United States. Although human cerebral myiasis is rare, conditions do exist in this country that permit myiasis.

scholarly journals Preliminary Analysis of Roadway Accident Rates for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Drivers — Forensic Engineering Application

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Gordon ◽  
Justin J. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
National Highway Traffic Safety ◽  
Vehicle Accident ◽  
Forensic Engineering

According to the World Health Organization, there are more than 360 million people worldwide with hearing loss. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reported that close to 30% of the United States population 65 years or older has significant hearing loss. The objective of this paper was to determine if deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers are more likely to be involved in motor vehicle accidents than hearing drivers. Data was extracted from the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) and motor vehicle accident recordsfrom the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) campuses. The results of the NASS data analysis indicate that deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers are one and a half to nine times as likely to be seriously injured or killed in a motor vehicle accident. Motor vehicle accident records from RIT and NTID suggest that deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers are approximately three times as likely to be involved in a motor vehicle accident as hearing individuals. Forensic engineers may be able to use this data to assist in forensic engineering analysis in cases where deaf or hard-of-hearing drivers are involved.

Virtual reality and computer games in the treatment of driving phobia induced by a motor vehicle accident

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Walshe ◽  
Elizabeth Lewis ◽  
Kathleen O'Sullivan ◽  
Brenda K. Wiederhold ◽  
Sun I. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Vehicle Accident

Machine Learning of Motor Vehicle Accident Categories from Narrative Data

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 309-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Lehto ◽  
G. S. Sorock
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Bayesian Model ◽  
Keyword Search ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Computer Search ◽  
Vehicle Accident ◽  
Learning Technique ◽  
Expert Ratings ◽  
Keyword Searches

Abstract:Bayesian inferencing as a machine learning technique was evaluated for identifying pre-crash activity and crash type from accident narratives describing 3,686 motor vehicle crashes. It was hypothesized that a Bayesian model could learn from a computer search for 63 keywords related to accident categories. Learning was described in terms of the ability to accurately classify previously unclassifiable narratives not containing the original keywords. When narratives contained keywords, the results obtained using both the Bayesian model and keyword search corresponded closely to expert ratings (P(detection)≥0.9, and P(false positive)≤0.05). For narratives not containing keywords, when the threshold used by the Bayesian model was varied between p>0.5 and p>0.9, the overall probability of detecting a category assigned by the expert varied between 67% and 12%. False positives correspondingly varied between 32% and 3%. These latter results demonstrated that the Bayesian system learned from the results of the keyword searches.

Aspirated teeth - rigid or flexible bronchoscopy

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Accident ◽  
Flexible Bronchoscopy ◽  
Vehicle Accident

Tracheobronchial foreign bodies are a common problem in clinical practice. We present the case of a patient with three aspirated teeth following a motor vehicle accident.

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