Özet:

The aim of this study was to determine the real death rates of cases injured by traffi c accidents and admitted to Gazi University Medical Faculty. In this study, in 2006, hospital fi les and forensic death examination reports of cases injured by traffi c accidents occured in Ankara city limits and admitted to the Gazi University Medical Faculty Adult and Pediatric Emergency Services were obtained from hospital archieves and examined. There were a total number of 1346 cases during this time and thirty nine (2.9%) died in spite of medical interventions. Twenty one of the deaths (53.8%) occured in the fi rst day, eight (20.5%) died between1-7 days, ten (25.7%) died between 8-30 days of the admission. In 2006, traffi c accidents deaths during transportation to hospital or inhospital were not recorded in the Turkish Statistical Institute data as traffi c accidents deaths. Therefore, the studies done in hospitals where intensively accept cases injured in traffi c accidents may help to obtaine real numbers.

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