title: Profile of non-accidental childhood injury at a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Injury threatens children lives worldwide. Most studies from Nigeria have been on accidental injuries in children.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the profile of non-accidental injuries among children receiving care at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children with non-accidental injuries were serially recruited and studied. The Paediatrics Trauma Score (PTS) was tested against the outcome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Non-accidental injuries accounted for 0.84% of all 5264 patients and 21.3% of the 207 injured. The case fatality rate was 6.8%. Physical abuse, sexual assault, drowning/near drowning, gunshot, poisoning and human bite caused the injuries in 68.2, 13.6, 6.8, 4.5, 4.5 and 2.3%, respectively. One-way analysis of variance and Tukey post hoc analysis showed that the mean PTS score of patients who died was significantly lower than the scores of those who were either discharged home or who discharged against medical advice (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The burden of non-accidental childhood injuries was high in the study area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Oladele Simeon
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Olatunya
authors.affiliation: Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre.
authors.forename: Ayodeji Olusola
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Isinkaye
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria ladeletunya@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Kehinde Sunday
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Oluwadiya
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D046688:Child Mortality / Q000208:ethnology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004332:Drowning / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D011446:Prospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
keywords: Nigeria; childhood deaths; non-accidental injury; south west