Pediatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the United States: A National Inpatient Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) is a debilitating neurological condition often associated with lifelong disability. Despite this, there are limited data on pediatric tSCI epidemiology in the United States.

Objectives

Our primary objective was to estimate tSCI hospitalization rates among children, including by age, sex, and race. Secondary objectives were to characterize tSCI hospitalizations and examine associations between sociodemographic characteristics and tSCI etiology.

Methods

We used the 2016 Kids' Inpatient Database to examine tSCI hospitalizations among children (<21 years). Descriptive statistics were used to report individual and care setting characteristics for initial tSCI hospitalizations. We used Census Bureau data to estimate tSCI hospit

SUBMITTER: Crispo JAG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791421 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature