Pediatric mobility aid-related injuries treated in US emergency departments from 1991 to 2008

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1200-1207

  Barnard, Alison M ^a   Nelson, Nicolas G ^a   Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b   McKenzie, Lara B ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crutches; Injury; Mobility aid; National electronic injury surveillance system; Walker; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DATA BASE; EAR INJURY; ELBOW INJURY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INJURY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOOT INJURY; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HIP INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; LACERATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INJURY; NECK INJURY; PEDIATRICS; PELVIC DISEASE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SHOULDER INJURY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPRAIN; TOE INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; WALKING AID; WEIGHT; WHEELCHAIR; WRIST INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; CANES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACERATIONS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; UNITED STATES; WALKERS; WHEELCHAIRS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953057114     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3286     Document Type: Article

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