Stab wounds in children.
The Pediatric Surgical Service of Harlem Hospital Center admitted 75 children, 16-years-old and younger, with stab wounds since 1969. Rapid resuscitation and triage of children with major injuries directly to the operating room achieved 100% survival. Review of the circumstance of injury revealed that 75% of the stab wounds were inflicted by children and 66% were known to have been intentional. Social service and psychiatric intervention for troubled children and their families is essential and may decrease the risk of subsequent traumatic injury.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003415:Crime; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D012151:Resuscitation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*