Disease relevance of Motor Vehicles

• More than 300 head injuries per year are evaluated by the neurotrauma team at the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medicine. Although most of the injuries follow motor vehicle accidents, a significant number also follow industrial accidents or acts of personal violence [1].
• Ethylene glycol intoxication presenting as a metabolic acidosis associated with a motor vehicle crash: case report [2].
• OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in the incidence of motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) and violations among drivers with multiple sclerosis (MS) when cognitive impairment is present [3].
• Renal adenocarcinoma with tumour thrombi in the inferior vena cava and right atrium in a pedestrian motor vehicle accident fatality: case report and medicolegal implications [4].
• Sertraline to improve arousal and alertness in severe traumatic brain injury secondary to motor vehicle crashes [5].

Psychiatry related information on Motor Vehicles

• Initial posttraumatic urinary cortisol levels predict subsequent PTSD symptoms in motor vehicle accident victims [6].
• Attempted suppression of traumatic memories was investigated in survivors of motor vehicle accidents with acute stress disorder (ASD; n = 24) and without ASD (n = 24) [7].
• Sleep deprivation, epilepsy and the ability to operate a motor vehicle [8].

High impact information on Motor Vehicles

• Benzodiazepine use and the risk of motor vehicle crash in the elderly [9].
• The hearts explanted from five victims of motor vehicle accidents or myocardial ventricular tissues from three donor hearts were used as controls [10].
• The overall concentrations of acenaphthene, benzo(a)pyrene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, and pyrene were 526 ng/m3 air in a highly polluted urban area and 48 ng/m3 in a rural area affected by motor vehicle traffic pollution [11].
• CONCLUSIONS: Drivers with epilepsy are more likely than healthy controls to be treated at a casualty department after having a motor vehicle accident [12].
• The dopamine agonists (DA) pramipexole and ropinirole were recently implicated in causing "sleep attacks" and motor vehicle accidents [13].

Chemical compound and disease context of Motor Vehicles

• Reboxetine versus fluvoxamine in the treatment of motor vehicle accident-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a double-blind, fixed-dosage, controlled trial [14].
• New Zealand adolescents are a major risk group for HIV and AIDS, and teenage pregnancy is second only to that of the United States. Alcohol and other drug-related motor vehicle accidents amongst New Zealand youth are unacceptably high [15].

Biological context of Motor Vehicles

• A biologically based approach was taken to developing an inhalation Reference Concentration (RfC) for methanol, a high production volume chemical with many commercial applications, including use as an alternative fuel for motor vehicles and as a hydrogen source for fuel cells [16].
• A three-year review of toxicology data from medical examiner autopsies in Pima County, Arizona, has demonstrated that cocaine has rapidly become a leading substance of abuse, second only to alcohol in the frequency of drugs detected by toxicologic analysis of all suspicious deaths, motor vehicle accident fatalities, homicides, and suicides [17].
• Vision screening was done by Department of Motor Vehicle Personnel using Keystone/Mast DVS II Driver Vision Screeners [18].

Anatomical context of Motor Vehicles

• Reconstructive surgery for complex midface trauma using titanium miniplates: Le Fort I fracture of the maxilla, zygomatico-maxillary complex fracture and nasomaxillary complex fracture, resulting from a motor vehicle accident [19].
• A 21 year old male injured in a motor vehicle accident admitted in a minimally responsive condition presented with fluctuating high sodium levels, undetectable serum testosterone, and depressed cortisol and thyroid function [20].
• One such pattern, referred to as "Waddell's triad," identifies a triad of injuries associated with pedestrian/motor vehicle collision (MVC), including trauma to the head, abdomen, and lower extremities [21].

Associations of Motor Vehicles with chemical compounds

• In high altitude areas, ambient carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations are rising because of the increasing number of new residents and tourists, and their concomitant use of motor vehicles and heating appliances [22].
• Falling asleep at the wheel: motor vehicle mishaps in people taking pramipexole and ropinirole [23].
• Falling asleep at the wheel: motor vehicle mishaps in people taking pramipexole and ropinirole [24].
• METHODS: Fifteen-hour urine samples were collected from 63 male and 36 female motor vehicle accident victims and were used to assess levels of catecholamines and cortisol reflecting peritraumatic and acute-phase posttraumatic levels [6].
• Although methanol may be toxic to humans at concentrations that overwhelm certain enzymes involved in methanol metabolism, the data available provide little evidence to indicate that exposure to methanol vapors from the use of methanol as a motor vehicle fuel will result in adverse health effects [25].

Gene context of Motor Vehicles

• METHODS: A case report entailing the clinical history, operative management, and postoperative course of a 72-year-old male patient with no known AS, DISH, or OPLL who suffered a cervical spine fracture-dislocation, secondary to a motor vehicle accident, through a previous solid three-level ACDF that was performed 20 years earlier [26].
• Overall, individuals with ADHD (compared with those without ADHD) were more likely to have had more motor vehicle accidents [27].
• Factors that significantly decreased the odds of patients with epilepsy having motor vehicle crashes due to seizures were: long seizure-free intervals, reliable auras, few prior nonseizure-related accidents, and having had their antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) reduced or switched [28].
• Motor vehicle accidents and IDDM [29].
• Ventricular dilation was related to the duration of coma after high-speed motor vehicle accidents and to intellectual and memory defects [30].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Motor Vehicles

• SETTING: Inpatient rehabilitation unit of major teaching hospital in Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-four women with TBI after a motor vehicle crash (MVC) were identified from the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Database. An equal number of men were then matched for age and years of education [31].
• Methanol is also a candidate to provide the hydrogen for fuel cells, which are being developed for a variety of power sources (including motor vehicle engines) [32].
• Use of lithium and the risk of injurious motor vehicle crash in elderly adults: case-control study nested within a cohort [33].
• The relation between seat-belt use and neurologic injury was examined for the 1,352 patients who had spinal injuries as the result of motor vehicle crashes and were subsequently admitted to the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center at Northwestern University between 1971 and 1993 [34].
• The initial Glasgow Coma Scale score after the motor vehicle accident was 3, and computed tomography showed multiple sites of intracerebral bleeding, an epidural hematoma, and signs of perifocal edema [35].

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