title: Causes of death of patients with multiple injuries in Debrecen, Hungary.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furka
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Záborszky
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Acs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vígh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Acs
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Román
mesh_terms: 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