{"doi":"10.3897/folmed.65.e91262","title":"Traumatic head injuries in Moldova: a cross-sectional analysis of medical registry data","abstract":"Aim : The aims of this study were to evaluate the demographics and crash profiles of road traffic-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients treated at two emergency departments in the Republic of Moldova, and to identify areas for prevention. Materials and methods : A prospective study was conducted using data from the medical records of a pilot TBI registry from the emergency departments of two large hospitals in Moldova. The study sample included patients with TBI related to road traffic mechanisms from March 1 to August 31, 2019. Results : During the study period, 368 patients were included in the TBI registry, with 113 (30.7%) of them having TBIs caused by traffic. Children under the age of 18 (44.2%), people aged 30-49 (18.6%), and males (71.7%) were the largest proportions of the road traffic-related TBI patient population. Most (78.8%) of the TBI injuries occurred in a transportation area (street, road, highway, etc.), among children under age of 18, while walking (36.7%) or riding in a passenger vehicle (68.4%). Pedestrians (42.5%) accounted for the most cases, followed by passengers (33.6%) and drivers (23.9%). Over two-thirds of all cases were tested for alcohol. Most cases were in June (20.4%) and between 2 pm and 6 pm (29.2%) within the research period. Conclusions : This is the first study to examine the road traffic-related traumatic brain injuries in the Republic of Moldova, which underlines the high burden of injuries among males, children, and the middle-aged population. Results from this study will help to support the development of a country’s national TBI registry and can argue for the running of comprehensive measures in road injury prevention targeted to the most affected populations","journal":"Folia Medica","year":2023,"id":377889,"datarank":0.22739874677981473,"base_score":1.3862943611198906,"endowment":1.3862943611198906,"self_citation_contribution":0.20794415416798362,"citation_network_contribution":0.019454592611831106,"self_endowment_contribution":0.20794415416798362,"citer_contribution":0.019454592611831106,"corpus_percentile":37.92063123694593,"corpus_rank":8026,"citation_count":3,"citer_count":1,"citers_with_citation_signal":1,"citers_with_endowment":1,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":true,"is_dataset_confidence":0.7798,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":782996,"name":"Cara Hamann","orcid":"0000-0001-8916-7285","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":376600,"name":"Serghei Cebanu","orcid":"0000-0002-2493-4882","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":966021,"name":"Angela Cazacu-Stratu","orcid":"0000-0002-0238-3063","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":376597,"name":"Mădălina Adina Coman","orcid":"0000-0003-2678-1186","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":376601,"name":"Corinne Peek‐Asa","orcid":"0000-0001-9472-2538","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":953158,"name":"Svetlana Cociu","orcid":"0000-0001-8209-815X","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":12,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:16:40.346877Z","pmid":"38351760","pmcid":"PMC10865622","fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}