PMID- 17765310
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080320
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1549-4713 (Electronic)
IS  - 0161-6420 (Linking)
VI  - 115
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Mar
TI  - Potential impact of seatbelt use on the spectrum of ocular injuries and visual 
      acuity outcomes after motor vehicle accidents with airbag deployment.
PG  - 573-576.e1
AB  - PURPOSE: To investigate the association between seatbelt use and (1) the spectrum 
      of ocular injuries and (2) visual acuity outcomes after motor vehicle accidents 
      (MVAs) with airbag deployment. DESIGN: Single-center retrospective observational 
      case series. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-seven patients involved in MVAs with airbag 
      deployment. METHODS: Medical record review of all patients evaluated after an MVA 
      with airbag deployment between January, 1997, and August, 2005, at a single level 
      1 trauma center. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Type of ocular injury and visual acuity 
      at 3 months after an MVA. RESULTS: Seventy-one percent of patients who did not 
      wear seatbelts experienced type III ocular injuries compared with 31% who wore 
      seatbelts (P<0.0002). Posterior segment injuries occurred only in patients who 
      did not wear seatbelts. At the 3-month follow-up, 76% of patients who did not 
      wear seatbelts achieved a visual acuity of 20/40 or better compared with 96% of 
      patients who wore seatbelts (P>0.10); a visual acuity worse than 20/200 was 
      measured in 14% and 0% of patients in the 2 groups, respectively (P<0.03). 
      CONCLUSIONS: In the current study, the use of seatbelts was associated with less 
      severe ocular injuries and better visual outcomes.
FAU - Rao, Sunil K
AU  - Rao SK
AD  - Division of Ophthalmology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 
      Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
FAU - Greenberg, Paul B
AU  - Greenberg PB
FAU - Filippopoulos, Theodoros
AU  - Filippopoulos T
FAU - Scott, Ingrid U
AU  - Scott IU
FAU - Katsoulakis, Nickolas P
AU  - Katsoulakis NP
FAU - Enzer, Yoash R
AU  - Enzer YR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20070831
PL  - United States
TA  - Ophthalmology
JT  - Ophthalmology
JID - 7802443
SB  - IM
MH  - *Accidents, Traffic
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Air Bags
MH  - Eye Injuries/classification/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Rhode Island/epidemiology
MH  - Seat Belts/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Trauma Severity Indices
MH  - Visual Acuity/*physiology
EDAT- 2007/09/04 09:00
MHDA- 2008/03/21 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/04 09:00
PHST- 2007/02/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/05/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/09/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/03/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0161-6420(07)00625-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.05.053 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ophthalmology. 2008 Mar;115(3):573-576.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.05.053. 
      Epub 2007 Aug 31.