title: [Characteristics and structure of automobile injuries].
abstract: The characteristics of peculiarities of a car trauma in 788 cases is presented. A multiple and combined character of injuries with a severe clinical picture (72.4%) is emphasized. The attention is drawn to leading and frequent severe sequelae of the trauma: massive blood loss (55.6%), disturbance of external respiration (56.7%), injuries to vitally important organs (54.7%), which constitute main causes of fatal outcome in acute period (25.9%). The difficulties, one encounters during the treatment of such injuries, are listed and the conclusion is drawn that the treatment of car injuries should be carried out in a specialized department with the participation of broadly qualified surgeons and reanimatologists.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D014586:USSR; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Osobennosti i struktura avtomobil'noĭ travmy.