Emergency department visits for nonfatal childhood injuries in Romania

Florin Oprescu; Corinne Peek-Asa; Tracy Young; Ioan Figan; Dan Nour

doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283026219

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Emergency department visits for nonfatal childhood injuries in Romania

Journal article

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Emergency department visits for nonfatal childhood injuries in Romania

Florin Oprescu, Corinne Peek-Asa, Tracy Young, Ioan Figan and Dan Nour

European journal of emergency medicine, Vol.15(5), pp.268-275

10/2008

DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283026219

PMID: 18784505

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Abstract

Childhood injury rates are higher in low and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. Childhood injuries have not been widely studied in Romania, a middle-income country, because data sources are lacking. This study presents the first surveillance data of nonfatal childhood injuries from a large children's hospital in Cluj, a major city of Romania. This retrospective study included review of medical records of injured children of 0-18 years of age treated in a major city pediatric emergency department from 1999 to 2003. In the 5-year study period, 1179 childhood injuries were treated in the emergency department, for an average of 236 patients per year. For the county of Cluj, this represents an annual average injury incidence of 197 per 100,000 children younger than 5 years, 140 per 100 000 children aged 5-14 years, and 135 per 100 000 for children aged 15-18 years. Unintentional injuries represented 77.8% of cases, 18% were self-harm and suicide attempts, and 4.3% were assaults. These trends, among the first reported from Romania, can help identify priority prevention areas.

Romania - epidemiology

Humans

Adolescent

Child, Preschool

Female

Infant

Male

Retrospective Studies

Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data

Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology

Child

Infant, Newborn

Details

Title: Subtitle: Emergency department visits for nonfatal childhood injuries in Romania
Creators: Florin Oprescu - Center for Health Policy and Public Health, Institute for Social Research University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj, Romania
Corinne Peek-Asa
Tracy Young
Ioan Figan
Dan Nour
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: European journal of emergency medicine, Vol.15(5), pp.268-275
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283026219
PMID: 18784505
NLM abbreviation: Eur J Emerg Med
ISSN: 0969-9546
eISSN: 1473-5695
Publisher: England
Grant note: 5D43TW007261 / FIC NIH HHS CDC CCR 703640 / PHS HHS
Language: English
Date published: 10/2008
Academic Unit: Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9983997464502771

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