Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INJURY CONTROL AND SAFETY PROMOTION
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 206-213Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2013.872671
Keywords
surveillance; children; advanced care; injury database; head injury
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- PHASE Grant [2006123]
- Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV), Department Home, Leisure Sport [IDB3]
- NIH-Fogarty International Trauma Training Program at the University of Iowa [5D43TW007261]
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The aim of the study was to describe paediatric head injuries and identify factors that led to advanced care. Incident cases of head injuries that sought care from December 2008 to October 2010 at Children's Emergency Hospital Cluj-Napoca were evaluated. The main outcome was transfer or admission to advanced care. From a total of 3053 children treated for an injury, 1541 (50.4%) presented with head injury. A total of 960 (62.3%) of the children with a head injury required advanced care treatment. Young children were more likely to suffer a head injury than older children, but a higher proportion of older children required advanced care (70.3%). Children who suffered a head injury as a consequence of road traffic were almost five times more likely to require advanced care (OR: 4.97; 3.09-8.06) than being released. Our results suggest that data on injuries provide evidence-based information on the nature of injuries children are prone to, and what activity, type, and mechanism of injury impact Romanian children.
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