[Comparative clinical-epidemiological assessments of road traffic accidents: emergency room observations in three counties of Moldavia, Romania, during 2005-2010].

AIM: To assess road traffic injuries according to some descriptive parameters.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

The study was carried out on a series of 5374 patients admitted to emergency rooms at Iasi (n=3050), Botosani (n=1187), and Vaslui (n=l137), between 2005 and 2010.

RESULTS

Most frequently, the patient was a young, male adult, with cranial cerebral trauma, leg fracture, forearm contusion, or polytrauma, presenting to the emergency room most commonly in the month of August, weekends, and interval noon-dawn interval.

CONCLUSIONS

The impact of road trauma epidemic would facilitate a better adaptation of the medical staff to case dynamics and increase the efficacy of primary prevention programs.