What injuries should we expect in the emergency room?

• Published in: Injury Vol. 48; no. 10; pp. 2119 - 2124
• Main Authors: Voth, M., Lustenberger, T., Auner, B., Frank, J., Marzi, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data; Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Age Distribution; Athletic Injuries - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Emergency room; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Germany; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Injury Severity Score; Male; Pediatric; Retrospective Studies; Sex Distribution; Trauma; Wounds and Injuries - classification; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology; Pediatric; Trauma; Emergency room

Beside serious and potentially fatal injuries, the majority of pediatric trauma patients present with minor injuries to emergency departments. The aim of this study was to evaluate age-related injury pattern, trauma mechanism as well as the need for surgery in pediatric patients. Retrospective Study...