Toy Guns, Real Danger: An Update on Pediatric Injury Patterns Related to Nonpowder Weapons

Toy Guns, Real Danger: An Update on Pediatric Injury Patterns Related to Nonpowder Weapons

Design changes of nonpowder guns, including BB and air guns, have significantly increased their potential to injure. We sought to characterize the demographics of children injured with nonpowder weapons and the specific injuries suffered. A cross-sectional analysis of the study years 2006, 2009, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric surgery 2020-01, Vol.55 (1), p.146-152
Hauptverfasser: McLoughlin, Robert J., Stetson, Alyssa, Green, Jonathan, Hirsh, Michael P, Cleary, Muriel A., Aidlen, Jeremy T.
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Sprache:eng
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Nonpowder weapons
Pediatric
Trauma
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Zusammenfassung:Design changes of nonpowder guns, including BB and air guns, have significantly increased their potential to injure. We sought to characterize the demographics of children injured with nonpowder weapons and the specific injuries suffered. A cross-sectional analysis of the study years 2006, 2009, and 2012 was performed by combining the Kids' Inpatient Database into a single dataset. We identified cases (age 
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.09.068