Baby walker related injuries--a continuing problem.
Baby walkers have been associated with burns, head trauma and other types of injury. A retrospective study of all infants under the age of two years attending an accident and emergency unit demonstrated 22 injuries associated with baby walkers from a total of 1049 attendances. The most serious injuries were three skull fractures, with the most common mechanism being of a fall downstairs in the walker. Injury while in a baby walker occurred with a similar frequency to injury due to road traffic accidents. We conclude that despite previous warnings Baby Walkers still represent a considerable hazard to infants.
Coats
T J
TJ
Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, U.K.
Allen
M
M
D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015370:Infant Equipment; D006113:United Kingdom