%0 Journal Article
%T Fracture of the sternum in motor vehicle accidents and its association with mediastinal injury
%J Injury
%D 1990
%A Otremski, I.
%A Wilde, B. R.
%A Marsh, J. L.
%A McLardy Smith, P. D.
%A Newman, R. J.
%V 21
%N 2
%P 81-83
%X Sternal fractures occurred in 78 out of 2097 consecutive victims of road traffic accidents who required to attend hospital; an incidence of 3.7 per cent. They were most common in restrained, front seat vehicle occupants involved in frontal collisions, and their frequency increased with age. There was a positive association with visceral chest injury but the latter was not thought to be the cause of death in any individual. Follow-up of survivors 2-4 years later revealed potential cardiac sequelae in 6 per cent.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0020-1383
%U http://dx.doi.org/