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- Published on: 9 January 2022
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- Published on: 9 January 2022Re: Accidents in pre-school childrenDear Editor,Show More
We were pleased to read the comments made by Drs Wilne and Radd, reporting similar findings to those in our study. Dr Bint makes a useful point about prevention. To put into place effective accident prevention strategies, information needs to be available about the cause of injuries.
In our study of 11466 children, 2554 falls were reported. Only 26 of these were serious falls (i.e. resulting in fractur...
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None declared. - Published on: 9 January 2022Accidents in pre-school childrenDear Editor,Show More
We were interested to read the paper by S. Warrington C.Wright and the ALSPAC Study Team on accidents and resulting injuries in premobile infants in the August edition of ADC. The high incidence of falls in children less than six months old (22% of the cohort) is similarly seen in our clinical practice, as is the fact that the majority of children (78% in the study) do not sustain a significant injury.
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None declared. - Published on: 9 January 2022Paediatric head injury auditShow More
Dear Editor,
In response to the recent article 'Accidents and resulting injuries in premobile infants', S.A Warrington et al. It was interesting to see that 97% of these injuries involved the head. Although they were predominantly trivial, the question is, how many of these injuries could be described as easily preventable?
I recently audited the numbers of babies under the age of 6 months who attende...
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