Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
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Multicenter Study
Recent trends in television tip over-related injuries among children aged 0-9 years.
To describe recent trends in television tip over-related injuries among children aged 0-9 years, and to compare injury rates with sales of newer digital televisions. ⋯ Estimates of injury rates were similar to previously reported estimates, particularly for the increased proportion of head and neck injuries among very young children. While digital television sales were strongly correlated with increased injury rates, the lack of information regarding the type of television involved prevents inference regarding causation.
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Multicenter Study
Injury surveillance: unrealistic expectations of safe communities.
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Multicenter Study
Analysis of the childhood fatal drowning situation in Bangladesh: exploring prevention measures for low-income countries.
To determine the epidemiology of child drowning in order to propose possible interventions for Bangladesh and other similar low-income countries. ⋯ Drowning is a major cause of childhood mortality in Bangladesh. Creating drowning-safe homes, improving supervision of children, modifying the environment, and developing water safety skills for children and the community may be effective interventions for drowning prevention.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Non-fatal and fatal crash injury risk for children in minivans compared with children in sport utility vehicles.
To compare the fatal and non-fatal crash injury risk for children in minivans compared with midsize and large sport utility vehicles (SUVs). ⋯ There may be important safety differences in vehicles during a crash that lead to fewer non-fatal injuries to child occupants of minivans compared with SUVs.
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Multicenter Study
Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003.
The objective of this study was to examine the demographic characteristics and hospital resource utilization of submersion-injury-related hospitalizations among persons < or =20 years of age in the USA in 2003. All 1475 pediatric submersion-injury-related hospital discharges in the Kids' Inpatient Database were identified by ICD-9-CM diagnosis code or external cause of injury code. These cases represent an estimated 2490 pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations nationwide. ⋯ Children aged 0-4 years had the highest rate of hospitalization (7.7 per 100,000 persons). Children with permanent submersion-injury-related morbidity accounted for 5.8% of hospital admissions and 37.3% of hospital costs in our study, and children with submersion-injury-related in-hospital death accounted for 11.6% of hospital admissions and 20.0% of hospital costs in our study. Prevention of submersion injury using focused, proven strategies deserves increased attention.