Citation

Coats TJ, Allen M. Arch. Emerg. Med. 1991; 8(1): 52-55.

Affiliation

Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1854395

PMCID

PMC1285735

Abstract

Baby walkers have been associated with burns, head trauma and other types of injury. A retrospective study of all infants under the age of two years attending an accident and emergency unit demonstrated 22 injuries associated with baby walkers from a total of 1049 attendances. The most serious injuries were three skull fractures, with the most common mechanism being of a fall downstairs in the walker. Injury while in a baby walker occurred with a similar frequency to injury due to road traffic accidents. We conclude that despite previous warnings Baby Walkers still represent a considerable hazard to infants.