Patients with Abrasion or Ecchymosis Seat Belt Sign Have High Risk for Abdominal Injury, but Initial Computed Tomography is 100% Sensitive

Seatbelt sign following blunt trauma is associated with increased incidence of abdominal injury.

CH Chandler, Jodi Lane, Kenneth Waxman · PubMed · 1997 · 180 citations

Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery +12

Seat belt injuries: radiologic findings and clinical correlation.

Curtis W. Hayes, William F. Conway, Joanne Walsh et al. · Radiographics · 1991 · 98 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Orthopedic Surgery +17

The “Seat Belt Mark” Sign: A Call for Increased Vigilance among Physicians Treating Victims of Motor Vehicle Accidents

George C. Velmahos, Raymond Tatevossian · The American Surgeon · 1999 · 95 citations

Public Health, Emergency Medicine, Surgery +11

Abdominal injury and the seat‐belt sign

Sonya Wotherspoon, Kevin Chu, Anthony Brown · Emergency Medicine · 2001 · 70 citations

Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Radiology +11

Association Between the Seat Belt Sign and Intra‐abdominal Injuries in Children With Blunt Torso Trauma in Motor Vehicle Collisions

Dominic Borgialli, Angela M. Ellison, Peter F. Ehrlich et al. · Academic Emergency Medicine · 2014 · 67 citations · Full text

Public Health, Child Health, Emergency Medicine +13