title: A second injury in the same body region is associated with lower mortality than a second injury in a different body region.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A second injury in the same body region is associated with lower mortality than a second injury in a different body region, independently of injury severity and body region.
  
  
  METHODS
  The population consisted of 15,200 patients with two or more injuries from level I trauma centers in Quebec. The mortality odds ratio of having a same-region second injury (SR) as opposed to a different-region second injury (DR) was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with a SR had 43% lower odds of mortality when compared to patients with a DR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A second injury in the same body region is associated with lower mortality than a second injury in a different body region.
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec (Enfant-Jésus Hospital), Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavoie
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Le Sage
authors.forename: Moishe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liberman
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergeron
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality*