Trends in childhood trauma mortality in the fast economically developing State of Qatar

Bener, Abdulbari; Hussain, Syed Jaffar; Ghaffar, Abdul; Abou-Taleb, H.; El-Sayed, Hesham

doi:10.1007/s12519-010-0208-x

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“…The lowest proportion of injury -related death in infants is in concordance with studies from Qatar and China (6,20,21). This finding may be partly due to inability of an infant with less than 1 year of age to walk and to have a dangerous interaction with the environment.…”

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confidence: 86%

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Injury-related Pediatric Mortality in Shiraz, Iran: A Community-based Survey

2018

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Background: Childhood and adolescent injuries are among the most significant health system hazards, especially in developing countries including Iran. In this report, we evaluated the main characteristics of all cases of pediatric injury-related mortality in Shiraz in a 5 -year -period. Methods: This cross -sectional study comprised all injury-related deaths in children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, from September 2011 to September 2016 in Shiraz, Iran. The required information about demographic factors including age, sex, cause of death, the manner and location of death and time period between injury and death was collected for all the cases.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…While more than 95% of all children and adolescents injury -related deaths are in countries with low-or middle -income, injuries are responsible for about 40% of deaths in those 1 -18 years old in high -income countries (4). The most common causes of injuries include road traffic injuries and drowning (3,5,6).…”

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confidence: 99%

Injury-related Pediatric Mortality in Shiraz, Iran: A Community-based Survey

2018

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“…In the present study, RTs were the most common cause of HI (65%) and were comprised of 25% of HIs were caused by motorcycle accidents, 15% car accidents, and 13% pedestrian accidents. In a study performed in Qatar from 1993 to 2007, there was a dramatic increase in childhood mortality caused by RTIs (17). Most trafficrelated HIs occur secondary to motorcycle accidents in the 14-18-year-old age group (42%) and bicycle accidents in 10-13-year-old age group (17%).…”

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confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of Pediatric Head Trauma in Guilan

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Head trauma, in many countries and particularly in the younger age group is the main cause of morbidity and mortality. Regarding the fact that head trauma is preventable, having clear knowledge of individual and environmental determents of head trauma among children in our country is necessary to reduce the incidence of such traumas through public awareness and the political support.Background: Head injury (HI) is preventable and knowledge of the epidemiology of children's HI is essential for developing preventive strategies. Objectives: The aim of this study was to survey pediatric HI patients admitted to emergency wards at Poursina Hospital in Rasht, Iran, from 2009 to 2010, and to identify the cause of HI in these children. Patients and Methods:In this retrospective study, all HI patients under the age of 18 who were admitted to emergency wards between March 2009 and March 2010 were enrolled in the study. Demographic, etiologic, and injury data were collected and a descriptive analysis was performed. Results: A total of 668 patients were included in this study. The mean age was 10.4 ± 5.3 years. The most frequent cause of HI was traffic accidents. The mean Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 14.5 ± 1.6. The ratio of boys to girls was approximately 3 to 1. The ratio of boys to girls increased with increasing age (P < 0.01). Moreover, an association was found between age at injury and etiology of HI as well as a significant association between age at injury and the place of event (P < 0.01). Conclusions:The incidence of childhood HI due to traffic accidents is high (81% of pediatric trauma cases). Thus, motorcyclist education and improvement in traffic engineering for pedestrians and bicyclists should be included in prevention programs.

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“…Drowning is the second most common cause of traumatic death for children between the ages of 1-14 (Gilchrist et al, 2004, Bener et al, 2011. In most of the drowning cases, death happens due to hypoxemia and subsequent cerebral hypoxia following inhalation of water down to alveoli (Gok, 1983a).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Summer months are quite risky for drowning events since the weather tends to be warmer than the rest of the year . Male gender, African race and adolescent age are the other risk factors (Bener et al, 2011, Hyder et al, 2008. Drowning cases are mostly reported in weekends and between 14.00-19.00 hours (Tyebally & Ang, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%