Isolated vehicle rollover is not an independent predictor of trauma injury severity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to determine if vehicle rollover in a motor vehicle crash is an independent predictor of major injury.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of all patients injured in motor vehicle crashes presenting to a major trauma center between July 2012 and June 2016 was conducted. Crashes were classified into groups: non-rollover, isolated rollover (without other mechanisms of injury), or mixed-mechanism rollover (with other mechanisms of injury). Associations between rollover group, other covariates (entrapment, encapsulation, ejection, death on scene, high speed, seat belt usage, airbag deployment, trauma team activation), and major injury (injury severity score >15, major surgery, intensive care unit admission, or in-hospital death) were t

SUBMITTER: Moriarty S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature