Causes of death of patients with multiple injuries in Debrecen, Hungary.
OBJECTIVE
To find out the main causes of death of people who had multiple severe injuries.


METHODS
Retrospective study.


METHODS
Teaching hospital, Hungary.


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


METHODS
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.
Furka
A
A
Department of Traumatology, University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary.
Záborszky
Z
Z
Acs
G
G
Vígh
G
G
Nagy
A
A
Acs
G
G
Román
E
E
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000401:mortality; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000401:mortality