Outcomes of Children With Firearm Injuries Admitted to the PICU in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Firearm-related injury is the second leading cause of injury and death for children 1-18 years old in United States. The objective of our study was to analyze the outcomes of children admitted to the PICU with firearm injuries.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

PICUs in United States contributing data to Virtual Pediatric Systems, LLC, from January 2009 to December 2017.

Patients

Children age 1 month to 18 years old admitted to the PICU with firearm injury, identified by external cause of injury E-codes and International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, and International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, codes were identified.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

There were 1,447 cases identified of which

SUBMITTER: Bagdure D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8565509 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature