Open AccessOutcomes of Children With Firearm Injuries Admitted to the PICU in the United States*
Author(s) -
Dayanand Bagdure,
Cortney Foster,
N Garber,
Adrian Holloway,
Jenni Day,
Jessica Lee,
Gerardo SotoCampos,
Nancy Brundage,
Adnan T. Bhutta,
Ana Lía Graciano
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.299
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1947-3893
pISSN - 1529-7535
DOI - 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002785
Subject(s) - medicine , injury prevention , poison control , pediatrics , occupational safety and health , pediatric trauma , epidemiology , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , injury severity score , suicide prevention , medical emergency , surgery , pathology
Firearm-related injury is the second leading cause of injury and death for children 1-18 years old in United States. The objective of our study was to analyze the outcomes of children admitted to the PICU with firearm injuries.