Thoraco-abdominal injuries were present in 47 per cent (34 of 72) of patients with SBS. Patients with SBS had lower mortality rates than patients without SBS (1.4 vs 3.7%). Restrained patients were less severely injured with lower injury severity scores (7.62 vs 11.33) and mortality (1.1 vs 5.7%).
SBS was seen in 11.3 per cent of patients injured in MVCs and 20.5 per cent of patients with known restraint use. Investigators at a Level 1 trauma center analyzed the incidence, clinical implications, and spectrum of regional injuries in patients injured in MVC over 2 years. SBS is associated with underlying regional injuries in nearly half of patients with a higher prevalence of HVI and solid organ trauma.ĪB - Patients with the seat belt sign (SBS) from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are prone to specific regional injury patterns. Children had 2.8-fold higher rates of HVI (18 vs 9%, P < 0.05). Compared with patients without SBS, patients had a higher incidence of hollow viscous injuries (HVI) and solid organ trauma (8 and 17% vs 1 and 3%, P < 0.05) splenic trauma was 24-fold higher (9.7 vs 0.4%), liver injuries 3.1-fold higher (6 vs 3%), and rib fractures 2.4-fold higher (P < 0.05). N2 - Patients with the seat belt sign (SBS) from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are prone to specific regional injury patterns. T1 - Clinical implications of the seat belt sign in blunt trauma SBS is associated with underlying regional injuries in nearly half of patients with a higher prevalence of HVI and solid organ trauma.",
SBS is associated with underlying regional injuries in nearly half of patients with a higher prevalence of HVI and solid organ trauma.Ībstract = "Patients with the seat belt sign (SBS) from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are prone to specific regional injury patterns. Patients with the seat belt sign (SBS) from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are prone to specific regional injury patterns.