title: [Statistics of blunt abdominal trauma in an autopsy sample at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Würzburg University].
abstract: The autopsy material of the Institute for Forensic Medicine of the University of Wuerzburg, comprising 2512 post-mortem examinations between 1981 and 1988, was statistically analyzed. Blunt abdominal traumas could be detected in 424 (= 17%) of the 2512 deceased. Essential results: In 3/4 of the cases a traffic accident was the harmful event, followed by occupational accidents and suicide. In 9 cases the blunt abdominal trauma was caused by resuscitative measures. 96.6% suffered from severe extraabdominal secondary injuries which, in 72% of the cases, occurred as craniocerebral traumas frequently determining the quoad vitam prognosis. In more than 90% death was caused by cranio-cerebral traumas, exsanguination, polytraumas as well as injuries of the cervical spine and the cervical spinal cord. Approx. 2/3 of the casualties died within 1 hour after having sustained the trauma. Only 31 injured persons did survive the harmful event more than 10 days; just 5 of them did not die before a period of more than 30 days. Late death was predominantly caused by secondary injuries adding up, peritonitis, pneumonia or pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vock
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burrlein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000401:mortality; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000401:mortality*
vernacular_title: Zur Statistik des stumpfen Bauchtraumas im Obduktionsgut des Instituts für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Würzburg.