Citation

Wu HP. Pediatr. Neonatol. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.pedneo.2021.10.001

PMID

34663564

Abstract

Trauma is a major global public health problem involving all age groups, especially children. Thus far, trauma remains the leading cause of mortality in the pediatric population worldwide [1-3]. It was estimated in 2010 that over 620,000 children aged between 1 and 19 years died due to unintentional injuries globally [1]. Additionally, in pediatric trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and children below 1-year-old accounted for half of the total fatalities [2]. In the United States, over 500,000 children suffer from TBI, which resulted in 2,000 deaths annually [2]. In Taiwan, a study on pediatric traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) revealed a total mortality rate of traumatic OHCA in children was relatively high (98.2%) [3]. Therefore, due to the poor prognosis of children with major trauma the policy of injury prevention is very important and should be promoted aggressively. However, pediatric trauma could be caused by intentional or unintentional events, and the different etiologies may require different preventive programs and strengths...

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