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2048507

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
We have noted a complex of common injuries in children wearing lap-styled safety belts during vehicular accidents. Sixty-one children who were restrained passengers in motor vehicle crashes had linear ecchymosis across the abdomen and had CT for abdominal trauma. Thirteen children (21%) had a lumbar spine injury, and 14 children (23%) injured a hollow viscus (bowel, 12; bladder, two); five children (8%) had both spine and hollow viscus injuries. Abnormal findings on abdominal CT were recognized retrospectively in three of 13 children with lumbar spinal injury. Lateral radiographs of the spine showed lumbar spinal injury in all cases. Free intraperitoneal air was noted in on three (25%) of 12 children with bowel injury. In eight of those children, CT showed large, unexplained collections of peritoneal fluid. The presence of lap-belt ecchymosis should prompt a careful search for spine, bowel, and bladder injury. Recognition of the limitations of CT diagnosis of these injuries is important to reduce errors in interpretation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0361-803X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
157
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Safety-belt injuries in children with lap-belt ecchymosis: CT findings in 61 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article