background and objective: injuries have been identified as one of the most important causes of disability and death in humans, and children are more vulnerable to injuries than adults because of limitations in the detection of risk. the present study aimed to investigate the children aged 1 to 59 months death due to injuries cases in the area covered by the shahid beheshti university of medical...

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for individuals ages 1–44.1 Furthermore, unintentional injuries are the leading cause of potential years of life lost for those less than age 65.2 In the United States, deaths from unintentional injuries account for approximately two-thirds of all injury-related deaths.1 Due to this signifi cant societal impact, Healthy People 2010 calls for...

Choking, suffocation, and strangulation cause serious unintentional injuries in children and are leading causes of unintentional death in infants and toddlers. Nearly all choking, suffocation and strangulation deaths and injuries are preventable. The present statement reviews definitions, epidemiology and effective prevention strategies for these injuries. Recommendations that combine approache...

This cross-sectional, descriptive study identified 857 head-injured patients who were admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) over a four-year period. Their median age (IQR) was 28 (16, 45) years and 629 (73.5%) were males. Median length of hospital stay (IQR) was 2 (1, 6) days. Median ICU stay in the intensive care unit (IQR) was 6 (2, 12) days for the 59 (6.9%) patients ...