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Effectiveness of seatbelts in mitigating traumatic brain injury severity
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Latha Ganti, Aakash N. Bodhit, Yasamin Daneshvar, Kelsey Hatchitt, Sudeep Kuchibhotla, Christa Pulvino, Sarah W. Ayala, Keith R. Peters
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Table 1 Outcomes based on seatbelt use in motor vehicle collisions
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| Outcomes | Location of patients | Seatbelt use | Number | Percent | P-value | | Abnormal head CT | Driver | Yes (n=253) | 52 | 20.5 | <0.001 | | No (n=157) | 63 | 40.1 | | | Front-seat passenger | Yes (n=56) | 16 | 28.5 | 0.497 | | No (n=32) | 13 | 40.6 | | | Hospital admission | Driver | Yes (n=282) | 95 | 33.7 | <0.001 | | No (n=164) | 101 | 61.6 | | | Front-seat passenger | Yes (n=60) | 25 | 41.7 | 0.017 | | No (n=36) | 24 | 66.7 | | | ICU admission | Driver | Yes (n=95) | 40 | 42.1 | 0.044 | | No (n=101) | 57 | 56.4 | | | Front-seat passenger | Yes (n=25) | 10 | 40.0 | 0.787 | | No (n=24) | 11 | 45.8 | | | TBI severity | Driver | Yes (n=282) | 21 | 7.5 | <0.001 | | No (n=164) | 47 | 28.6 | | | Front-seat passenger | Yes (n=60) | 3 | 5.0 | 0.063 | | No (n=36) | 7 | 19.4 | | | Surgical intervention | Driver | Yes (n=282) | 13 | 4.6 | 0.019 | | No (n=164) | 17 | 10.4 | | | Front-seat passenger | Yes (n=36) | 6 | 10.0 | 0.936 | | No (n=60) | 3 | 8.3 | |
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