A 10-Year Retrospective Review of Playground-Associated Craniofacial Injuries in the Pediatric Patient Population.
| Autor: | Kolbow M; University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA., Quick JD; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA., Powell LE; Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA., Wang Q; Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA., Nguyen MT; Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, MN, USA., Barta RJ; Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Gillette Children's Hospital, Saint Paul, MN, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical pediatrics [Clin Pediatr (Phila)] 2024 Jun; Vol. 63 (5), pp. 680-688. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 24. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00099228231219871 |
| Abstrakt: | This retrospective study utilized the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database to identify pediatric emergency department (ED) patients with playground-associated craniofacial injuries between January 2012 and December 2021. A total of 25 414 patients were identified. The majority of injuries occurred in preschool and elementary school-age children (90.3%) and patients were more commonly boys (59.3%). Injuries most often involved the head/scalp (52.4%), face (30.4%), and mouth (11.9%). Infant (32.7%) and teen (40.0%) injuries most commonly involved swings, whereas preschool (23.1%) and elementary school (28.1%) injuries were mostly associated with slides and climbers, respectively. Most patients were treated in the ED and discharged to home (96.5%), a small portion required hospitalization (1.6%), and one death was reported. Although the majority of the injuries were relatively minor and resulted in same-day discharges, these injuries can result in serious physical harm, emotional stress, and unexpected financial burdens. Proper education and supervision regarding safe play is important to prevent these injuries. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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