Relationships between Problematic Cannabis Use and Risky Behaviors in Spanish Adolescents

This study examined the relations between problematic cannabis use, physical assault, and getting involved in a motor vehicle accident under the influence of cannabis in a sample of adolescents randomly selected from 25 public and semiprivate high schools in Alicante (Spain). Participants (n = 648) completed The Spanish National Standardized Survey about drug use in high school adolescents (ESTUDES, 2017), which includes the cannabis abuse screening test (CAST). Prevalence of cannabis use across the life-span and within the past 30 days was 37.5% and 17.4%, respectively. CAST scores were associated with an increased risk of driving under the effects of cannabis, riding shotgun, and physical assault, but not with an increased risk of having a motor vehicle accident. There were no differences between boys and girls in the association of problematic cannabis use with risky behaviors. This result highlights the importance of comprehensive prevention and education strategies for adolescents at high risk of cannabis use.

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Positive Seatbelt Sign with Avulsed Leiomyoma following Motor Vehicle Accident Leading to Hemoperitoneum

Case Reports in Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1155/2018/4251408 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-4 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martin A. C. Manoukian ◽

Amode R. Tembhekar ◽

Sarah E. Medeiros

Keyword(s):

Motor Vehicle ◽

Motor Vehicle Accident ◽

Incidental Finding ◽

Major Complication ◽

Exploratory Laparotomy ◽

Fresh Frozen Plasma ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Packed Red Blood Cells ◽

Vehicle Accident ◽

Increased Risk

A positive seatbelt sign following a motor vehicle accident is associated with an increased risk of intra-abdominal injury and hemoperitoneum. Injury to the uterus in reproductive-age women can also occur. In this report, we describe a 29-year-old nulligravida female who presented to the emergency room following a motor vehicle accident at freeway speeds. A positive seatbelt sign was noted, and a focused assessment with sonography for trauma revealed hemoperitoneum with an incidental finding of uterine leiomyomata. Upon exploratory laparotomy, a free-floating intraperitoneal mass was identified as an avulsed uterine leiomyoma. A uterine laceration containing a subserosal leiomyoma was also identified. The gynecological team was consulted, and a myomectomy of the subserosal leiomyoma followed by a closure of the uterine laceration was performed. The patient was transfused with a total of three units of packed red blood cells and two units of fresh frozen plasma. The postoperative course was without major complication. A positive seatbelt sign and hemoperitoneum in a reproductive-age woman with leiomyomata should increase the clinical suspicion for uterine injury and decrease the threshold for obtaining a gynecological consultation.

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MINIMALLY INVASIVE RESECTION OF INTRAMEDULLARY EPENDYMOMA

Neurosurgery ◽

10.1227/01.neu.0000360153.65238.f0 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 65 (6) ◽

pp. E1203-E1204 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Alfred T. Ogden ◽

Richard G. Fessler

Keyword(s):

Back Pain ◽

High Risk ◽

Minimally Invasive ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Motor Vehicle Accident ◽

Vehicle Accident ◽

History Of

Abstract OBJECTIVE This report illustrates the adequacy of minimally invasive exposure for the resection of an intramedullary ependymoma. CLINICAL PRESENTATION The patient presented with a history of upper back pain, but a lesion was found during a workup for increased back pain after a motor vehicle accident. INTERVENTION The intramedullary ependymoma was approached using a muscle-splitting retractor and extended hemilaminar exposure. The tumor was removed using conventional techniques. CONCLUSION This minimally invasive exposure is adequate for selected intramedullary lesions and may be especially useful in patients with a high risk of postlaminectomy deformity.

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Open label trial of escitalopram in motor vehicle accident survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e516222012-037 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

R. Coronas ◽

M.G. del Alamo ◽

H.G. Arnau ◽

E.I. Soto ◽

D. Suarez

Keyword(s):

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Motor Vehicle Accident ◽

Open Label ◽

Vehicle Accident ◽

Open Label Trial

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

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e705482011-064 ◽

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

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Expectations of lawyers with regard to neuropsychological evaluations in motor vehicle accident claims.

Professional Psychology Research and Practice ◽

10.1037/pro0000311 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (6) ◽

pp. 642-648

Author(s):

Henk Johan Swanepoel ◽

Esmé Van Rensburg

Keyword(s):

Motor Vehicle ◽

Motor Vehicle Accident ◽

Vehicle Accident ◽

Neuropsychological Evaluations

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Machine Learning of Motor Vehicle Accident Categories from Narrative Data

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1634680 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 35 (04/05) ◽

pp. 309-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

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.

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Aspirated teeth - rigid or flexible bronchoscopy

Journal of Clinical Case reports and reviews ◽

10.36879/jccrr.19.000132 ◽

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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