Motor Vehicle Crashes (MVCs) are a public health problem in the United States. In 2009, 33,808 Americans were killed in a MVC and 2.22 million more were injured.4 Pulmonary contusion (PC) is a common injury following MVC with over 38% of the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 3+ thoracic injuries identified as some form of PC in a recent National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) study.5 Miller et al. correlated the percent injured lung to the possibility of developing Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The results indicated that if 20% of the lung was injured, the incidence of ARDS sharply increased with seventy-eight percent of those patients developing ARDS.2 The significance of these findings is that the volumetric measurement of PC can predict possible clinical outcomes.
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ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference
June 20–23, 2012
Fajardo, Puerto Rico, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Bioengineering Division
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978-0-7918-4480-9
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Finite Element Based Injury Metrics for Pulmonary Contusion From Vehicle to Vehicle Crash Simulations Available to Purchase
Kerry A. Danelson,
Kerry A. Danelson
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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Joel D. Stitzel
Joel D. Stitzel
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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Kerry A. Danelson
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Joel D. Stitzel
Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Paper No:
SBC2012-80323, pp. 649-650; 2 pages
Published Online:
July 19, 2013
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Danelson, KA, & Stitzel, JD. "Finite Element Based Injury Metrics for Pulmonary Contusion From Vehicle to Vehicle Crash Simulations." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference. ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B. Fajardo, Puerto Rico, USA. June 20–23, 2012. pp. 649-650. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2012-80323
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