Children's injury database: development of an injury surveillance system in a pediatric emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injuries are the leading cause of death in children and are also a leading cause of all emergency department (ED) visits for children. Obtaining epidemiologic data to define the wide range of childhood injuries for individual communities is challenging. The Children's Injury Database (CID) is an injury surveillance system developed to collect data from injury-related visits to our tertiary care pediatric emergency department.

Results

During 2021, a total of 15,168 injury visits were analyzed representing 22% of total ED visits (68,834). A total of 2053 injury visits (13.5%) resulted in hospital admission. The 10 leading injury types included: falls, poisonings, motor vehicle collision (MVC), assault, dog bite, burns, sports, pedestrian, bicycle, and all-terrain ve

SUBMITTER: McCain JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10391750 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature