A hospital based survey on childhood accidental injuries in five years

VernacularTitle:五年内儿童意外损伤住院情况调查
Author: Jingjing CHEN ; Guoping LU ; Zhujin LU ; Lingen ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Accidental injury; Epidemiology; Children
From: Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2012;19(1):44-46
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectiveTo study the causes and risk factors of childhood accidental injuries as a reference for prevention.MethodsA retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of 4 116 cases of childhood accidents admitted to children's hospital of Fudan university from Jan 1,2005 to Aug 31,2009.ResultsThe 4 116 cases with accidental injuries were found to account for 4.35 ％ (4 116/94 579) of all inpatients during the same period.Ratio of male to female was 2.01∶ 1.The most common causes of injury were accidental falls (30.73％,1 265/4 116),traffic accidents (23.71％,976/4 116) and accidental drops (11.59％,477/4 116).Accidental falls were mainly seen in children over one year,traffic accidents mainly occurred in children aged four to seven,while the accidental drops were mainly seen in infants less than oneyear-old.The top three causes of accidental injury with highest mortality rate were airway foreign body,drowning and poisoning.Bone and joint injuries were mostly seen in accidental injury.ConclusionAccidental injury of children has been a serious threat to the lives of children and we should base on the characteristics of children to take preventive measures.