Readmission and reinjury patterns in pediatric assault victims

Burden of unintentional pediatric firearm injury: An examination of the Nationwide Readmission Database

“…Readmission with new traumatic injuries was common whether the follow-up was 30 days, 90 days, or 1 year. [11][12][13][14] Mental health reasons for follow-up were also a contributing factor in many studies. [10][11][12][13][14] Similar rates of infection were observed across studies; our study combined complications and infections because of low N (sample size) finding a readmission rate of 15%.…”

“…[11][12][13][14] Mental health reasons for follow-up were also a contributing factor in many studies. [10][11][12][13][14] Similar rates of infection were observed across studies; our study combined complications and infections because of low N (sample size) finding a readmission rate of 15%. [11][12][13][14] Coordinated outpatient care after trauma may be beneficial to target some reasons for readmission such as identifying early signs of mental health issues.…”

“…Unplanned readmission after pediatric trauma has been investigated by multiple groups 6,11,12,14 . Cortolillo et al 11 observed an 11.4% 1-year readmission rate with pediatric assault survivors.…”

“…7,9,10 Multiple studies have described the unplanned readmission rates in the general pediatric trauma populations as well as both pediatric assault victims and assault-related firearm injuries, which range from 1.4% to 12% based on selected time length for the readmission. 6,[11][12][13][14] As shown in adult trauma populations, risk factors may be different based on mechanism of injury and intent of the trauma. 15,16 While the rates of unintentional firearm injury (4.13 per 100,000) in the adolescent pediatric population are lower compared with assault-related firearm injury (18.30 per 100,000), 17,18 factors associated with unplanned readmission after unintentional firearm injury in the pediatric population are largely understudied.…”

“…Multiple studies have described the unplanned readmission rates in the general pediatric trauma populations as well as both pediatric assault victims and assault-related firearm injuries, which range from 1.4% to 12% based on selected time length for the readmission 6,11–14 . As shown in adult trauma populations, risk factors may be different based on mechanism of injury and intent of the trauma 15,16 .…”