Escalator-related injuries in one of the deepest subway stations in Europe

Autor: Abdullah Algin, Umut Gulacti, Mehmet Ozgur Erdogan, Ismail Tayfur, Kaan Yusufoglu, Ugur Lok
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 39, Iss 2, Pp 112-117 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0256-4947
0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2019.112
Popis: BACKGROUND: Escalator-related injuries (ERI) have emerged as a new injury type due to the frequent use of escalators in Metro stations. OBJECTIVES: Investigate ERI in the stations on the Marmaray metro line. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational study. SETTING: Patients admitted to the emergency department of a training and research hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients with ERI were included in the study. We analyzed demographic characteristics, injury type and anatomical location of injury, Glasgow coma score, and body mass index (BMI). Patients were grouped by BMI: underweight (BMI
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