Paediatric trauma: injury pattern and mortality in the UK

Abstract

Differences in injury patterns and mortality exist between different age groups and high-risk injury patterns can be identified. With increasing age, a decline in the proportion of children with head injury and an increase in the proportion with limb injury were observed. This information is useful for directing ongoing care of severely injured children. Future analyses of the TARN database may help to evaluate the management of high-risk children and to identify the most effective care.

Golf club related basal skull fracture – A case study

“…Not only was the mortality rate at 93 day's post injury measured, but the main injury, injury patterns and outcomes were analysed. (Bayreuther et al, 2009). An Australian retrospective chart review demonstrated that of those children attending the Emergency Department with head injuries the majority were classified as mild, with 8% moderate and 3% considered severe (Crowe et al, 2009).…”

Epidemiology of paediatric injury in low income environment: Value of hospital based data prior to the institution of a formal registration system

“…[15,19] In most studies published so far, systems most frequently involved in paediatric include head, face, neck and locomotor systems, though their relative contributions vary widely from one study to another. [13,15,24,27,33,34] Differential analysis seems to indicate that head injuries, often isolated, seem to occur more frequently in infants. [34] The analysis of outcome in our patients is very similar to those of Snodgrass and Ang.…”

Comparison of pediatric and adult patients with thoracic trauma in emergency department

“…In various studies investigating thoracic traumas in adults, the incidence of accompanying systemic injuries was reported to range from 14-75% (Çağırıcı et al, 1998;Başoğlu et al, 2004;Leblebicioğlu et al, 2005). Bayreuther et al (2009) also reported that 68.4% of thoracic traumas in children were accompanied by other systemic injuries. Farber et al (1995) reported that abdominal and head traumas accompanied blunt thoracic traumas.…”