[Blindness caused by an airbag in a minor accident]. / Erblindung durch Airbag bei Bagatellunfall.
Ophthalmologe
; 97(12): 874-7, 2000 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Installation of airbags has reduced the rate of fatal injuries in severe automobile accidents. We report, however, severe ocular injuries in a minor accident as the result of an airbag. CASE REPORT A front passenger suffered a blunt ocular trauma of her right eye during a collision. The approaching speed was about 31 km/h. The maximum change of velocity in direction of the impact was 19 km/h. Color traces were found on the upper rim of the airbag, apparently from the patient's eye shadow.RESULTS:
In the emergency room, visual acuity was reduced to light perception. There was endothelial contusion, traumatic mydriasis, and lens subluxation. A sclopetarian retinopathy developed with a chorioretinal scar. Eight months after the accident visual acuity remained at light projection only.CONCLUSIONS:
The eye injuries had very probably been caused by the deploying airbag. Improvements are a better geometry of deployment (e.g., tethered airbags), release at higher impacts only, and "intelligent systems" with additional sensors to avoid potentially hazardous airbag inflation in minor accidents.
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Assunto principal:
Ferimentos não Penetrantes
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Acidentes de Trânsito
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Traumatismos Oculares
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Cegueira
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Air Bags
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Ophthalmologe
Assunto da revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2000
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Article