Pediatric pelvic injury: functional outcome at 6-month follow-up.
OBJECTIVE
Data on functional outcomes after pediatric pelvic fractures are limited to those obtained at hospital discharge. This study assesses functional status at both hospital discharge and at 6 months after injury.


METHODS
A national multicenter prospective study began in February 2002 and is ongoing. Patients completed WeeFIM functional assessments at hospital discharge and at 6-month follow-up as part of this study. This report summarizes preliminary functional assessment results from 20 patients.


RESULTS
Patient data were accrued into 3 domains (self-care, mobility, and cognition), which constitute a total raw rating. Significant improvement at 6 months after injury was evident in self-care, mobility, and total raw ratings. This significance remained when total raw ratings were converted to age-adjusted functional quotients.


CONCLUSIONS
This preliminary assessment shows that after pelvic fractures, children improve their functional status at 6 months, returning to near-normal status.
Signorino
Paul R
PR
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
Densmore
John
J
Werner
Marchelle
M
Winthrop
Andrea
A
Stylianos
Steven
S
Guice
Karen S
KS
Oldham
Keith T
KT
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014481:United States