JBJS | Prevention of Childhood Pedestrian Trauma : A Study of Interventions over Six Years

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 84, Issue 5

The Orthopaedic Forum | May 01, 2002

Prevention of Childhood Pedestrian Trauma : A Study of Interventions over Six Years

Gregory A. Merrell, MD; Jon C. Driscoll, MD; Linda C. Degutis, DrPH; Thomas S. Renshaw, MD

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 2002; 84:863-867

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Pedestrian injury is second only to cancer as the leading cause of death of children between the ages of five and nine years ^1,2 . Furthermore, pedestrian injury accounts for 31% to 61% of all admissions of children to the hospital for treatment of injuries ^3-5 . In the United States, rates of pedestrian injuries among children are estimated to be 111 per 100,000 and account for approximately 18,000 hospital admissions each year ^6-8 . In 1996, 1191 children under the age of sixteen were killed in pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions ⁹ . Operative intervention is required after approximately 11% of pedestrian injuries, and hospital admission is required after 36% ^10,11 . Pedestrian injuries are more likely to be severe than are injuries sustained by motor-vehicle occupants, and they are associated with a higher rate of mortality (4% compared with 0.5%) ¹² . Mortality is caused by multisystem trauma (80%) or isolated head injury (20%) ¹³ .

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wounds and injuries ; drug vehicle ; pedestrian injury ; pediatric discipline

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