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... referred tosas “Tokunbo”) tires. This probably is the reason why burst tires aresthe leading cause of vehicular factor resulting in RTI unlike in SaudisArabia where it was attributed to intense heat =-=[10]-=-. Forty percentsbeing due to brake failure raises question as to adequacy ofsmaintenance of the vehicles. Of the environmental factors, potholess(63.2%) and stationary vehicle/objects (21.1%) were the...

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...on category among the transferred patients in our cohort. This is a reflection of the fact that trauma is major public health problem in Saudi Arabia and is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity =-=[17,18]-=- and that our hospital is a referral center for trauma. The large number of trauma patients influences the case mix of patients transferred from other hospitals as such patients typically have lower A...