Changing Paradigms of Seat Belt and Air Bag Injuries: What We Have Learned in the Past 3 Decades

Received 12 June 2009; received in revised form 20 August 2009; accepted 21 August 2009. published online 14 October 2009.

Abbreviations and Acronyms: DPL, diagnostic peritoneal lavage, FAST, focused abdominal sonography for trauma, NASS, National Automotive Sampling System, NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, OR, odds ratio

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University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals, General Surgery Residency, Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL

Correspondence address: Patrice R Carter, MD, Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, The Surgeons Group of Baton Rouge, 7777 Hennessey Blvd, Suite 612, Baton Rouge, LA 70808

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PII: S1072-7515(09)01338-6

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.08.022

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