Can falls on stairs result in small intestine perforations?

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 301-305

  Huntimer, Cynthia Marie ^a,d   Muret Wagstaff, Sharon ^b   Leland, Nancy Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Nancy Leland and Associates   (United States)

^d Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Child abuse; Injury; Perforations; Small intestine; Stairs

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DUODENUM PERFORATION; FALLING; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION;

EID: 0033884842     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.2.301     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Child abuse: An update on surgical management in 256 cases
2. Injuries to children younger than one year of age
3. Child abuse
4. Abdominal injuries associated with the use of seatbelts
5. Intestinal perforation due to blunt trauma in children in an era of increased nonoperative treatment
6. Rupture of the gastrointestinal tract in children by blunt trauma
7. Perforating injuries of the gastrointestinal tract following blunt abdominal trauma
8. The battered child
9. Perforating injuries of the small bowel from blunt abdominal trauma
10. Perforation of the jejunum from blunt abdominal trauma
11. Intestinal disruption due to blunt abdominal trauma
12. Stairway-related injuries in children
13. Stairway injuries in children
14. Falls on stairs: An epidemiological study
15. Pediatric duodenal perforation missed on computed tomography
16. Isolated ileal perforation after minor blunt abdominal injury
17. Diagnosis of isolated small bowel injury following blunt abdominal trauma
18. Blunt bovine and equine trauma
19. Small bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma
20. Major blunt abdominal trauma due to child abuse
21. Blunt intestinal trauma: A modern day review
22. Intestinal perforation from being kicked by a horse
23. Diagnostic and surgical implications of child abuse
24. Delay in diagnosing gastrointestinal injury after blunt abdominal trauma in children
25. Closed and penetrating abdominal injuries in Nigerian Igbos
26. Major duodenal injuries in children: Diagnosis, operative management, and outcome
27. Blunt abdominal trauma with jejunal injury: A review
28. Late jejunal perforation following blunt injury
29. An analysis of 161 falls from a height: The 'jumper syndrome'
30. Diagnosis and management of duodenal injuries in children
31. Injury to hollow abdominal viscera from blunt trauma in children and adolescents
32. The surgical management of duodenal trauma: Precepts based on a review of 247 cases
33. Bicycle handlebar injuries in children
34. Delayed intestinal perforation after nonpenetrating abdominal trauma
35. Patterns of injury in victims of urban free-falls
36. Isolated perforations of the small bowel from blunt abdominal trauma: Report of two cases and review of the literature
37. The incidence of injuries among 87,000 Massachusetts children and adolescents: Results of the 1980-1981 statewide childhood injury prevention program surveillance system
38. Pediatric splenic trauma: Predicting the success of nonoperative therapy
39. Ruptured spleen in the adult: An account of 205 cases with particular reference to non-operative management
40. Splenectomy for trauma: Morbidity, mortality, and associated abdominal injuries
41. Abdominal injuries in children: An analysis of 348 cases
42. Intra-abdominal injuries in the battered baby syndrome
43. Radiological evaluation of visceral injuries in the battered child syndrome
44. Occult nonskeletal trauma in the battered child syndrome
45. Blunt abdominal trauma in childhood
46. Pediatric abdominal trauma
47. Abdominal CT in children with neurologic impairment following blunt trauma
48. Single rope tree swing injuries among children
49. Ten years of experience with falls from a height in children
50. Blunt force lesions related to the heights of a fall
51. High free fall with survival
52. Vertical trauma: Injuries to patients who fall and land on their feet
53. Falls in urban children
54. Pediatric falls from heights
55. Free falls from heights: A persistent urban problem
56. Falls from heights: A surgical experience of 200 consecutive cases
57. Injuries in children sustained in free falls: An analysis of 66 cases
58. Nontraumatic perforation of the small intestine
59. Serious head injury in infants: Accident or abuse?
60. Injuries resulting when small children fail out of bed