Unintentional accidents are very common in children and the main reason for consultation hospitalization paediatric surgery. Aim: To determine factors associated with unintentional resulting hospitalization. Material methods: This is a cross sectional study carried out Paediatric Surgical Emergency Department of Children's Hospital Rabat over period 4 years. We processed 1205 children's files; ...

This article presents a study on the accidents related to the use of products and services, as recorded at two emergency hospitals at the city São Luís, Brazil. The goal of the study was to evaluate the main types and causes of unintentional accidents as well as the more frequent injuries for further improvement of products and services. The study evaluated the victims profile (gender and age),...

OBJECTIVE We examined the prevalence of unintentional injuries and associated risk factors among university students in Canakkale city, Turkey. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007-2008. Atotal of 4,762 students completed the questionnaire. Risk factors associated with the rate of accidents were assessed by chi-square analysis and effects of these factors on unintentional inj...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to predict time off work following unintentional injuries due to accidents leading to hospital admission. DESIGN Prospective 6-month follow-up study. SETTING Department of Trauma Surgery of a University Hospital. PARTICIPANTS Consecutively recruited victims of unintentional injuries (n=221) hospitalised for a minimum of 32 h including two consecutive ni...

BACKGROUND There has been increasing interest in the formal review of child deaths in Japan. In this study we examined the causes and scene information regarding child deaths from injury in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, as preparation for implementation of a full-scale review of child deaths. METHODS Documents on deaths from injury (excluding homicides) investigated by the Tokyo Medical Examin...

This article considers a parallel system exposed to external intentional impacts caused by malicious attacks, and unintentional impacts caused by natural disasters or technological accidents. The defender distributes its resource between the deployment of false targets and the protection of genuine system elements. The deployment of false targets is intended to misinform the attacker so that it...

OBJECTIVE To examine the risk of disability from unintentional injury in teenagers and young adults. METHODS Analyses of data from the National Child Development Study, a follow up study of 98% of all children born in England, Scotland, and Wales in one week in March, 1958. In 1981, 12,537 study participants, 76% of the original cohort, were asked about unintentional injuries since age 16 yea...

Little is known about disability caused by unintentional injury (accidents) worldwide. This study estimates the prevalence of disability caused by unintentional injury amongst people aged 15-60 years across different cities in the People's Republic of China with the aim of providing a scientific basis for developing prevention and control programmes. The prevalence of disability caused by unint...

Accepted 11 May 1996 Abstract Objective-To examine the risk of disability from unintentional injury in teenagers and young adults. Methods Analyses of data from the National Child Development Study, a follow up study of98% of all children born in England, Scotland, and Wales in one week in March, 1958. In 1981, 12 537 study participants, 76% of the original cohort, were asked about unintentiona...