AIM To assess the risk factors, mechanism of injury, and clinical outcome of hospitalized patients with spinal injuries in order to recommend preventive measures. METHODS Patients with spinal injuries admitted to Al Ain Hospital, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for more than 24 h or who died after arrival to the hospital were studied over 3 years. Demography, location and time of injury, affected ...

Aim: Deaths resulted from burn injuries constitute a serious public health problem in developing countries. Deaths from burn injuries are usually seen secondary to accidents and more frequently occur in chidhood. In this study; we intended to indicate the features of childhood deaths resulted from burn injuries and the causes of burns in Diyarbakir city. Methods: The corpse examination and auto...

Four hundred and fifty five young children (0-6 years old) were treated for hand injuries between 1996 and 2000. Boys (61%) were injured more often and a higher number of injuries occurred during May and September. Fingertip injuries were the most common injuries (37%), and were often caused by jamming in doors at home. Fractures were caused by falls and punches and tendon/nerve injuries by sha...

While home visiting programs are among the most widespread interventions to support at-risk families, there is a paucity of research investigating these programs under real-world conditions. The effectiveness of Families First home visiting (FFHV) was examined for decreasing rates of being in care of child welfare, decreasing hospitalizations for maltreatment-related injuries, and improving chi...

An estimated 1.8 million falls led to an emergency room visit among Americans age 65 or older in 2000, and falls are the leading cause of death from injuries among older persons. One approach for reducing falls is to modify the home in order to eliminate or abate common hazards for frail persons. This issue brief reviews the literature on the effectiveness of home modification programs designed...

Abstract Injuries among children and young people are a leading cause of morbidity mortality in the UK globally. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an important neurodevelopmental which can be present from preschool age but generally under-recognised. Children with ADHD at increased risk variety unintentional injuries. However, interventions to offer safety advice, asse...

BACKGROUND Strategies for prevention of eye injuries require knowledge of the cause of the injuries. This study was done to determine the patient characteristics, the cause of injury, and where cases of traumatic hyphaema that necessitated admission to a tertiary hospital occurred. This may enable an appropriate intervention in the prevention of such injuries. METHODS Retrospective case analy...

CONTEXT The source and ownership of guns used by children to shoot themselves or others is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine the ownership and usual storage location of firearms used in unintentional and self-inflicted intentional firearm deaths and injuries. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING King County, Washington. PATIENTS Youths aged from birth to 19 years who sought m...

Clavicle fractures in children occur twice as often as in adults. During a child's growth period they account for 10-15% of all fractures sustained. The questions which should be asked are how these fractures are sustained and under which circumstances are the children injured. In the study 256 children with clavicle fractures treated during the period 2008-2013 were analyzed. The underlying ca...