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Table 8 Examples of how injury associations can be utilized to support on-field diagnosis

From: When epidemiological databases inform injury mechanisms: biomechanical analysis of injury associations

Crash characteristics

Injury(ies) observed

Key associated injury(ies)

Frontal

Clavicle fracture

Increased risk of polytraumatism

  

Increased risk of hemorrhage

Lateral

Costal fracture

Increased risk of polytraumatism

  

Increased risk of hemorrhage