Severe childhood injuries and poisoning in a densely populated city: Where do they occur and what type?

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“…There was no in-vehicle accident among our cases. Similar to our study, Hon et al (11) evaluated 86 patients hospitalized in PICU because of preventable accidents retrospectively in their study. It was reported that 13 of these cases were hospitalized in PICU because of burns, 7 because of foreign body aspiration, 4 because of drowning in water and 2 because of animal bites.…”

“…The rate of boys was statistically higher compared to the rate of girls in the patient groups hospitalized in PICU because of trauma and other reasons. Hon et al (11) reported that intoxication cases constituted 7% of the patients who were hospitalized in PICU because of preventable injuries in the study in which they examined the children who were hospitalized in PICU because of injuries and intoxications. Çınar et al (12) found that the second common reason for admission was intoxication and suicide attempt (22%) in the study in which they evaluated the forensic cases presented to the emergency department in the 0-18 year-old age group.…”

Dying with parents: an extreme form of child abuse

“…[8] Unlike many cities that guns and pistols are readily available, there has been no gunshot injury involving childhood accidents in Hong Kong. [11] A small retrospective US study showed a different pattern in that twice as many fathers as mothers committed fi licide-suicide during the study period, and older children were more often victims than infants. Their records indicated that parents frequently showed evidence of depression or psychosis and had prior mental health care.…”

No Guns at Children: Not Even a Toy One!

“…Unlike many other cities where guns and pistols are readily available in the homes of their citizens, this is not the case in Hong Kong where there has been no gunshot accidents in children since World War II. [1,2] Apart from recreational usage of guns, many countries believe that there is no place for guns in the homes of their citizens. It is not understandable why automatic weapons that discharge multiple rounds of ammunition within seconds should be purchasable in any civilized community.…”