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Table 6 Literature reports on pavement-street contact injury

From: “Streets of Fire” revisited: contact burns

Author

Date

Journal

Cases

Age (years)

Sex

Population

% TBSA

Berens [1], Phoenix, AZ, USA

1970

Journal of the American Medical Association

3

22

F

MVC vs pedestrian

10

67

M

Fell out, moving car

 

82

F

MVC: thrown out

12

Vardy et al. [18], Beer Sheva, Israel

1989

Burns

1

79

F

Heatstroke

20

Harrington et al. [2], Phoenix, AZ, USA

1995

Annals of Emergency Medicine

23

3

M

MVC vs pedestrian

12

3

M

Child abuse

3

34

M

Assault

4

33

M

Police restraint

10

48

M

Police restraint

11

0.75

M

Age extreme

1

1.08

M

Age extreme

2

22

M

Seizure

7

34

M

Seizure

10

35

M

Seizure

3

63

M

Seizure

2

46

M

Weakness

8

31

M

Syncope

9

29

M

Drugs

10

46

F

MVC vs pedestrian

5

40

F

Assault

2

57

F

Heatstroke

4

82

F

Heatstroke

7

69

F

Fall, pavement

13

30

F

Lumbosacral radiculitis

1

48

F

Diabetic neuropathy

2

64

F

Diabetic neuropathy

2

78

F

Diabetic neuropathy

3

Fried et al. [15], Saudi Arabia

1996

Burns

1

58

M

Barefoot

1

Al-Qattan [16], Saudi Arabia

2000

Burns

12

1

M

 

NA

2

M

  

52

M

  

41

M

  

50

M

Diabetes, PVD

 

55

M

Diabetes

 

46

M

Diabetes

 

48

M

Ddiabetes

 

52

M

Ddiabetes

 

53

M

Diabetes

 

61

M

Diabetes

 

41

M

Diabetes

 

Sinha et al. [3], Phoenix, AZ, USA

2006

Journal of Trauma

34

NA

NA

Pediatric feet

≤ 1

Rimmer et al. [4]

Phoenix, AZ, USA

2007

Journal Burn Care & Research

10

NA

NA

Seizures

 

Silver et al. [17], Las Vegas, NV, USA

2014

Journal of Wound Care

7

71

M

Syncope

8

37

M

Fall, bike

10

77

F

Fall

7

57

M

Passed out

10

29

F

MVC vs pedestrian

20

57

M

Homeless

7

50

M

Homeless

10

Silver [27], Las Vegas, NV, USA

2015

Journal Burn Care & Research

72

NA

NA

Diabetes, altered mental status, toddlers

Average 6.7

Vega [23], Las Vegas, NV, USA

2019

Journal Burn Care & Research

173

NA

NA

Pavement burns

Average 7.7

Present study, Phoenix, AZ, USA

2019

 

225

Mean 56

155 male/70 female

Down, fall, barefoot, etc.

Mean 6

  1. AZ Arizona, NV Nevada, USA United States of America, MVC motor vehicle crash, PVD peripheral vascular disease, %TBSA percent of total body surface area, F female, M male, NA not available