Accidents - Statistics & numerical data
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Comparison of accidental and nonaccidental traumatic brain injuries in infants and toddlers: demographics, neurosurgical interventions, and outcomes.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: Nonaccidental trauma has become a leading cause of death in infants and toddlers. Compared with children suffering from accidental trauma, many children with nonaccidental trauma present with injuries requiring neurosurgical management and ... Read more...

Child abuse and orthopaedic injury patterns: analysis at a level I pediatric trauma center.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Child abuse is a serious threat to the physical and psychosocial well-being of the pediatric population. Musculoskeletal injuries are common manifestations of child abuse. There have been multiple studies that have attempted to identify ... Read more...

Creating a nationally representative sample of patients from trauma centers.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) was developed as a convenience sample of registry data from contributing trauma centers (TCs), thus, inferences about trauma patients may not be valid at the national level. The NTDB National Sample ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Accidents - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Comparison of accidental and nonaccidental traumatic brain injuries in infants and toddlers: demographics, neurosurgical interventions, and outcomes. 30 Oct 2009
• Child abuse and orthopaedic injury patterns: analysis at a level I pediatric trauma center. 30 Aug 2009
• Creating a nationally representative sample of patients from trauma centers. 30 Aug 2009
• Violence and injuries in South Africa: prioritising an agenda for prevention. 22 Aug 2009
• Burn hazards of the deployed environment in wartime: epidemiology of noncombat burns from ongoing United States military operations. 6 Aug 2009
• 300 all-terrain vehicle crashes: an East Tennessee trauma center's experience. 30 Jul 2009
• Internationally recognized guidelines for 'sensible' alcohol consumption: is exceeding them actually detrimental to health and social circumstances? Evidence from a population-based cohort study. 30 Jun 2009
• Follow-up skeletal surveys for nonaccidental trauma: can a more limited survey be performed? 28 Jun 2009
• Engagement of children in agricultural work activities--scale and consequences of the phenomenon. 30 May 2009
• Avoiding the tragedy of another balcony collapse. 30 May 2009
• Why Hong Kong needs a transportation safety board. 30 May 2009
• Unintentional injuries in children of Danish and foreign-born mothers. 24 May 2009
• European children still at high risk of injury. 21 May 2009
• Global childhood unintentional injury surveillance in four cities in developing countries: a pilot study. 29 Apr 2009
• Increased all-terrain vehicle crash accidents in older riders. 29 Apr 2009
• Changes in the epidemiology of all-terrain vehicle accidents. 29 Apr 2009
• [Medical emergencies in a rural community] 14 Apr 2009
• Statin adherence and risk of accidents: a cautionary tale. 4 Apr 2009
• Framing the problem: injuries and public health. 30 Mar 2009
• Unintentional injuries. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Accidents'

Descriptor UI: D000059

Alternative terms: Accidents; Accident;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; mortality; psychology; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N06.850.135;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics