Aortic dissection occurring while driving and road traffic accidents

[...]information on the clinical picture of AD occurring while driving may be useful to emergency physicians, considering that drivers who sustain AD may cause road traffic accidents (RTAs) and potentially cause property damage, injury, or death to the driver or others on the road. After approval by...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2019-07, Vol.37 (7), p.1374-1376
Main Authors: Inamasu, Joji, Hashizume, Kenichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm, Dissecting - epidemiology
Aorta
Aortic dissection
Conflicts of interest
Driver behavior
Driving ability
Emergency medical care
Female
Humans
Male
Medical research
Middle Aged
Observational studies
Occupant injuries
Property damage
Retrospective Studies
Roads
Traffic
Traffic accidents & safety
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Summary:[...]information on the clinical picture of AD occurring while driving may be useful to emergency physicians, considering that drivers who sustain AD may cause road traffic accidents (RTAs) and potentially cause property damage, injury, or death to the driver or others on the road. After approval by our Institutional Ethics Committee, we conducted a single-center retrospective observational study to document the clinical characteristics, including behavioral response, of patients who sustained an AD while driving. [...]it remains unclear in our study whether the outcomes of drivers who experience LOC after sustaining AD are truly poor. [...]multi-center prospective study is warranted to confirm these findings.Conflict of interest None.Funding The first author (JI) received a medical research grant on traffic accident from the General Insurance Association of Japan.Acknowledgements None.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.12.026