title: Children treated in United States emergency departments for door-related injuries, 1999-2008.
abstract: This is the first study to provide national estimates of pediatric door-related injuries in the United States. Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were analyzed for patients ≤17 years who were treated in US emergency departments for a door-related injury from 1999 through 2008. An estimated 1 392 451 US children ≤17 years received emergency treatment for door-related injuries, which averages approximately 1 injury every 4 minutes in the United States. Both the frequency and rate of injury increased significantly. Boys accounted for 55.4% of injuries, and 41.6% of children were ≤4 years. The most common mechanism of injury was a "pinch in the door" (54.8%) or an "impact to the door" (42.0%). Patients admitted to the hospital were most frequently treated for amputations (32.0%) or lacerations (25.2%). The frequency of injuries associated with glass doors increased significantly with increasing age, in contrast to injuries from other types of doors.
authors: Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children’s Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
authors: Isabel
authors: I
authors: Algaze
authors: Ashley J
authors: AJ
authors: Snyder
authors: Nichole L
authors: NL
authors: Hodges
authors: Gary A
authors: GA
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D022125:Lacerations / Q000453:epidemiology; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000453:epidemiology