Causes of death of patients with multiple injuries in Debrecen, Hungary

Eur J Surg. 2000 Aug;166(8):602-4. doi: 10.1080/110241500750008231.

Abstract

Objective: To find out the main causes of death of people who had multiple severe injuries.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Teaching hospital, Hungary.

Subjects: 86 people with severe multiple injuries, of whom 59 died and had necropsies.

Main outcome measure: Establishment of a database.

Results: Consumption of alcohol was a common precursor. Head and chest injuries predominated. More pedestrians than people in vehicles were killed, and there were 8 suicides and 3 murders. There were no gunshot injuries.

Conclusions: Reduction of deaths from multiple injuries is as much a socioeconomic as a medical matter.

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects
  • Autopsy
  • Cause of Death*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / mortality
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Humans
  • Hungary / epidemiology
  • Multiple Trauma / etiology
  • Multiple Trauma / mortality*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thoracic Injuries / mortality