• Sunullah Soysal, Didem Soysal, Meral Çevik, Aslı Tuğçe Temurlenk, Arzu Denizbaşi, and Tanju Pekin.
• Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Marmara University İstanbul Pendik Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2021 Jan 1; 27 (1): 73-78.

BackgroundThis study aimed to show whether it is necessary to hospitalize pregnant women who have been involved in traffic accidents.MethodsPatients at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, who underwent traffic accidents between 2012 and 2018 were studied, and pregnant patients' files were evaluated. Demographic and obstetric features of patients, type of accident, type of trauma, Glasgow Coma Score, whether or not hospitalization were examined, the response of patients to hospitalization, and the obstetric and maternal results of accidents were assessed.ResultsIn the present study, 95 patients were included. Overall, hospitalization was recommended for 50 patients, but of these, 58% refused to be admitted. No patients who refused hospitalization had complications. Preterm labor was seen in 3.2% of patients, while 3.2% had a fetal loss and 5.3% had a placental abruption. Only one mother was lost (1.1%) due to sustaining multiple traumas in a traffic accident. Hospitalization was increasingly indicated with increasing gestational age, but other parameters had no effect on hospitalization.ConclusionThe likelihood that hospitalization was recommended for pregnant women involved in traffic accidents increased with gestational age. Patients with minor trauma who refused hospitalization had no complications.

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