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Table 4 Traffic-related youth injury hospitalisations by anatomical region and AIS severity, Al Ain, 2006–2007 (n = 333)

From: Youth traffic-related injuries: a prospective study

Anatomical Region

Number (%)

Injury severity by Maximum AIS*

  

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Head

223

67.0

1.91

2

1

5

Chest

107

32.1

2.50

3

1

5

Abdomen

47

14.1

1.77

1.5

1

4

Spine

43

12.9

2.30

2

2

5

Upper extremity

114

34.2

1.64

2

1

3

Lower extremity

135

40.5

1.79

2

1

3

Superficial

44

13.2

1.02

1

1

2

  1. *Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale – only the most severe injury per body region was counted for each patient; Some patients have injury in more than one region
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

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