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[Injuries in children requiring hospitalization: a survey of 394 cases]
B Branger1, D Prin, G Picherot
1Service de pédiatrie, hôpital de Saint-Nazaire, France.
Insights
This study tracked 394 child injuries over 9 months, finding male children and afternoon/summer injuries most common. Most children received emergency care within 3 hours.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric injury epidemiology
- Public health surveillance
Context:
- A 9-month study in a general hospital pediatrics department recorded 394 injuries in children aged 0-15.
- Injuries included traffic accidents, falls, and blows, with a male prevalence (59.4%).
Purpose:
- To analyze the incidence, characteristics, and patterns of pediatric injuries.
- To understand the timing and types of injuries affecting children.
Summary:
- Peak injury incidence occurred in the afternoon (14-17h) and during summer holidays (July-August).
- Seventy percent of children were treated in the emergency ward within 3 hours of injury.
- Bike accidents were the most frequent type of traffic-related injury.
Impact:
- Injury incidence rates were calculated: 90/1,000 (ambulatory), 30/1,000 (emergency), and 8.5/1,000 (hospitalized >24h).
- The estimated annual cost for hospitalized children in the district was 2.5 million francs.
Abstract:
Over a 9 months period, 394 cases of injuries among 0 to 15 year-old children were recorded in the pediatrics department of a general hospital. This included traffic accidents, falls, and blows. There was a male prevalence (59,4%), and a maximum frequency in the afternoon (14-17 h) and during the summer holidays (July and August). Seventy per cent of the children were seen in the emergency ward within 3 hours following the injury. Traffic accidents were mostly related to bike accidents. The incidence of injuries among 0-15 year old children appears to be 90 for every 1,000 children in ambulatory medicine, 30 for 1,000 in emergency wards and 8,5 for 1,000 in the pediatrics wards with hospitalization lasting longer than 24 hours. From our study, the cost of the hospitalized children has been evaluated at 2,5 MF for one year in our district.