Trends and characteristics of severe road traffic injuries in children: a nationwide cohort study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate temporal trends of characteristics of severe road traffic injuries in children and identify factors associated with mortality using a nationwide database in Japan.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB) from 2004 to 2018. We included patients with traffic injuries under the age of 18 who were hospitalized. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. We evaluated trends in characteristics and assessed factors associated with in-hospital mortality using a logistic regression analysis.

Results

A total of 4706 patients were analyzed. The most common mechanism of injury was bicycle crash (34.4%), followed by pedestrian (28.3%), and motorcycle crash (21.3%). The overall in-hospital

SUBMITTER: Nakao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666704 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature