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1Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College (NDMC), Namiki Tokorozawa Saitama, Japan.
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Children run over by cars are younger and sustain severe chest injuries. This study investigated injury patterns in pediatric patients struck by automobiles, comparing run-over incidents with other collision types.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Trauma
- Automobile-Related Injuries
- Injury Epidemiology
Background:
- Limited data exists on injuries sustained by children who are run over by vehicles.
- Understanding these injuries is crucial for pediatric trauma care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the characteristics of injuries in pediatric patients who were run over by a car.
- To compare injury patterns across different mechanisms of automobile-related trauma in children.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective review of medical charts from January 1998 to December 2007.
- Inclusion criteria: patients aged 12 years or younger struck by an automobile.
- Categorization into three injury groups: run over, carried away, and contact.
Main Results:
- The 'run over' group had the youngest average age.
- The 'run over' group exhibited the highest average chest abbreviated injury score, indicating more severe chest trauma.
- No significant differences were found in the children's coma score, injury severity score, duration of admission, or survival rates among the groups.
Conclusions:
- Pediatric patients injured by being run over by a car are typically younger.
- Severe chest injury is a common characteristic among children run over by automobiles.
Introduction:
There is little data concerning the injuries induced by being run over in children.
Problem:
Characteristics of injuries suffered in children by being run over were investigated.
Materials And Methods:
Between January 1998 and December 2007, the medical charts were retrospectively reviewed to investigate characteristics of the injuries in pediatric patients run over by a car. Patients meeting the following criteria were included: (1) age ≤ 12 years old; (2) the patient was struck by an automobile. The subjects were divided into three groups by the mechanisms of injury: (1) run over; (2) carried away; (3) contact.
Results:
Twelve patients had been run over, 44 patients were carried away and 44 patients had been hit by a car (contact). The average age in the run over group was the lowest, followed by that in the carried away group and that in the contact group was the highest. The children's coma score and injury severity score were not significantly different among the three groups; however, the average chest abbreviated injury score was the highest in the run over group, followed by that in the carried away group and that in the contact group was the lowest. The average duration of admission and survival rate among three groups, were not significantly different.
Conclusion:
The patients who were injured due to being run over by a car, tended to be younger and to have severe chest injury.
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