Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Jul 2014
Fatal injury caused by low-energy trauma - a 10-year rural cohort.
Death after injury with low energy has gained increasing focus lately, and seems to constitute a significant amount of trauma-related death. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of deaths from low-energy trauma in a rural Norwegian cohort. ⋯ In this cohort, low-energy trauma was a significant contributor to trauma related death, especially among elderly and patients with pre-existing medical conditions.