Review of Patients with Multiple Injuries Treated at University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur

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Abstract
This study analyzed 260 patients with multiple injuries sustained in road accidents during the period July 1976 to July 1976, in relation to age, sex and ethnic distribution. The types of injuries sustained were discussed to highlight their effects on the community in a developing country. The extremities were most frequently involved, while head injuries followed closely. The causative factors of multiple injury-producing accidents were evaluated. The categories of victims most liable to multiple injuries were discussed. The significance of understanding the mechanism of these accidents and the effect of such knowledge in minimizing diagnostic errors, thus enabling management and the urgent need for regional accident services in developing countries, were stressed.

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