Childhood Lawn Dart Injuries
| Autor: | Mary Anne Jackson, S. V. Sotiropoulos, V. F. Burry, G. F. Tremblay, Olson Lc |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Eye Injuries Case fatality rate Injury prevention Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Medicine Child business.industry Head injury Infant Lawn Emergency department medicine.disease Play and Playthings Surgery Child Preschool Female Tomography X-Ray Computed business human activities |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Diseases of Children. 144:980 |
| ISSN: | 0002-922X |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.1990.02150330040018 |
| Popis: | • Lawn dart injuries account for an estimated 675 emergency department visits per year. Seventy-six patients are described herein. The victims ranged from 1 to 18 years of age and were predominantly male (male to female ratio is 3.1:1). The most common sites of injury were head (54%), eye (17%), and face (11 %). Hospitalization was required for 54% (41/76) of these patients. Sequelae included unilateral blindness and brain damage. The case fatality rate was 4%. The extent of a head injury was not always clinically apparent at the initial presentation and should be promptly defined by computed tomographic scan. Despite the recent ban on the sale of lawn darts, there remain an estimated 10 to 15 million sets of lawn darts in the homes of Americans. Pediatricians should encourage parents to discard all lawn darts. (AJDC. 1990;144:980-982) |
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