Citation

Amatuzzi MM, Azze RJ, Montenegro NB, de Barros Filho TE, Nunes IA, Barbosa LC. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. Sao Paulo 1998; 53(6): 299-302.

Vernacular Title

Estudo retrospectivo dos pacientes vitimas de acidente de transito: incidencia

Affiliation

Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10413945

Abstract

The authors present a study about the frequency of the injuries caused by traffic accidents on the orthopedic patients admitted to the emergency of Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Hospital das Clínicas of the School of Medicine São Paulo University, before and after the new National Traffic Code. They found a decreased number of polytraumatized patients and severe injuries after the beginning of this new legislation.