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18668248

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-22
pubmed:abstractText
Injuries as a result of assaults with sharp object in small children are rare and data on them are scarce. The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital is presently the only Children's Hospital in South Africa with a dedicated Level 1 trauma unit for children under the age of 13 years, and we have an annual trauma load of over 10,000 patients. A retrospective review was performed using the Data Base of the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town. All children who were coded as an 'assault with sharp object' were included in this study. Five-hundred-and-fifty-one (551) patients were retrospectively reviewed, of which 373 (68%) were boys and 177 (32%) girls. The mean age of the children was 7 years. The majority of children (51%) sustained injuries at the head or neck region, 26% sustained an injury at the trunk and 26% at the extremities. The majority of children sustained minor injuries (62%), thirty-three (33%) moderate and 5% severe injuries. Three children died. The most commonly recorded object used in the assault was glass or (broken) bottles (33%) and knives (18%). Other objects recorded included sticks, stones, pens, pencils, scissors, machetes and nails. The majority of perpetrators were known to the child. Assaults with a sharp object in small children are relatively rare and represent only 0.328% of all paediatric trauma patients. Although rare, these injuries carry a significant morbidity and even mortality. The majority of injuries occurred at home. Prevention programmes, specifically targeting the caretakers, should be implemented to prevent these tragic injuries.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0179-0358
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1037-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Assaults with a sharp object in small children: a 16-year review.
pubmed:affiliation
Head Trauma Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701, South Africa. Sebastian.vanas@uct.ac.za
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article