Toy gun ocular injuries associated with festive holidays in Kuwait

Bouhaimed, Manal; Alwohaib, Manar; Alabdulrazzaq, Shaikhah; Jasem, Mohammad

doi:10.1007/s00417-008-0956-7

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“…The results of this current study are similar to previously studies in other countries, which showed that male children below the age of 10 years were predominant [8], [10], [25], [28], [31], [37], [49]. This could be interpreted on the basis that primary schoolchildren are more susceptible than the preschool-aged group, although they are still relatively immature, these children are slightly more independent which may make them more vulnerable [18]–[22].…”

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“…Despite of the dissimilarity in medical level, the longer stay might be mainly due to a high number of ocular wall repair in our study (38.1%, 394/1018), which are more serious and costly. The mean length of stay for closed globe wounds per hospitalization was 7.3 days, which is also longer than the stays reported in Kuwait (3.6 days) [31]. These results indicate that ocular trauma causes a significant burden of ophthalmic disease in this region.…”

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confidence: 56%

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Epidemiology of Pediatric Ocular Trauma in the Chaoshan Region, China, 2001–2010

Zhang³

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundOcular trauma is the leading cause of monocular visual disability and noncongenital unilateral blindness in children. This study describes the epidemiology and medical care associated with nonfatal pediatric (≤17 years of age) eye injury-related hospitalization in the largest industrial base for plastic toy production in China.MethodsA population-based retrospective study of patients hospitalized for ocular and orbital trauma in the ophthalmology departments of 3 major tertiary hospitals from 1st January 2001 to 31st December 2010 was performed.ResultsThe study included 1035 injured eyes from 1018 patients over a 10-year period: 560 (54.1%) eyes exhibited open globe injuries, 402 (38.8%) eyes suffered closed globe injuries, 10 (1.0%) eyes suffered chemical injuries and 8 (0.8%) eyes exhibited thermal injuries, representing an average annual hospitalization rate of 0.37 per 10,000 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.36–0.38) due to pediatric eye injury in the Chaoshan region. The mean patient age was 9.2±4.4 years with a male-to-female ratio of 3.3∶1 (P = 0.007). Children aged 6 to 11 years accounted for the highest percentage (40.8%, 416/1018) of hospitalization, 56.7% (236/416) of whom were hospitalized for open globe wounds. Injury occurred most frequently at home (73.1%). Open globe wounds cost the single most expensive financial burden (60.8%) of total charges with $998±702 mean charges per hospitalization.ConclusionsOpen globe wounds occurred at home are earmarked for the priorities to prevention strategies. Higher public awareness of protecting primary schoolchildren from home-related eye injuries should be strengthened urgently by legislation or regulation since the traditional industrial mode seems to remain the pattern for the foreseeable future. Further research that provide detailed information on the specific inciting agents of pediatric eye injuries are recommended for facilitating the development and targeting of appropriate injury prevention initiatives.

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Epidemiology of Pediatric Ocular Trauma in the Chaoshan Region, China, 2001–2010

Zhang³

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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“…In Yemen, injuries attributed to toy guns and fireworks are main reasons for emergency admission to the hospital, especially during the Eid holiday season. Toy guns or airsoft guns shoot small, hard plastic pellets using air pressure or a spring mechanism similar to that of real machine guns and are usually manufactured and imported from China [13]. The air pressure may be compressed by a powerful spring or by repetitive pumping of air into a gas chamber.…”

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Pediatric Ocular Trauma during Eid Festivities in Yemen

Aldoais¹,

Bamashmus

Aldubhani

2020

Korean J Ophthalmol

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We sought to elucidate causes of ocular trauma in children younger than 17 years of age during the Eid festivities in Sana'a, Yemen. Methods: A prospective observational case series study was conducted in two tertiary emergency hospitals (Al-Thawra and Magrabi Hospital). The Eid Al-Fitr festive holidays in 2016 lasted 10 days from July 3 to 12. All children up to 17 years of age presenting with ocular trauma were included in the study. All patients underwent detailed history-taking and examination concerning ocular trauma. Results: One hundred sixty children presented to the two hospitals with ocular injury. All were males (100%). The mean ± standard deviation age was 9.59 ± 4.92 years (range, 4-15 years). The injury involved the right eye in 84 children (52.5%) and the left eye in 76 (47.5%) children. The majority of injuries (n = 152, 95.0%) had occurred in the street, while eight (5.0%) had happened at home. The most frequent cause of injury was toy guns and fireworks, while the most frequent findings were hyphema, corneal laceration, and corneal abrasion. Conclusions: The causes of ocular injuries are diverse and tend to vary by geographical area. In particular, their incidence can increase during holidays, especially long ones. Usually, eye injuries with toy guns result in significant trauma that requires medical intervention and hospitalization with potential long-term eye complications. Public health workers need to conduct health education program to alert parents and health professionals to the danger of such toys.

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“…The low occurrence of sports injuries in our population suggest the low priority given to sports, and this may be due to poor information about its benefits. In recent studies from developed countries, Sports related injuries have become the most common in adults [40][41][42].…”

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Traumatic Hyphema Frequency and Management Evaluation: A Retrospective Study

Al-Saffar¹,

Hussein²,

Jamal³

2017

Health Sci J

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Traumatic hyphema are important as they are fairly common following blunt trauma and they are increasing nowadays. Most results from unnecessary eye injuries, especially in children, which are largely preventable. Objectives:The aim of the study is to evaluate the final unaided visual acuity and the intraocular pressure level on discharge of blunt traumatic hyphema management, and to compare between grade 1 hyphema (low risk, hyphema filling less than half of the anterior chamber) and grade 2 hyphema (high risk, hyphema filling more than half of the anterior chamber) or hyphema associated with a high intraocular pressure regarding the final visual outcome on discharge.

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Toy gun ocular injuries associated with festive holidays in Kuwait

Cited by 11 publications

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Epidemiology of Pediatric Ocular Trauma in the Chaoshan Region, China, 2001–2010

Epidemiology of Pediatric Ocular Trauma in the Chaoshan Region, China, 2001–2010

Pediatric Ocular Trauma during Eid Festivities in Yemen

Traumatic Hyphema Frequency and Management Evaluation: A Retrospective Study

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