@article{ref1,
title="7-year retrospective review of quad bike injuries admitted to Starship Children's Hospital",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="2015",
author="Pearce, Rebecca and Miles, Fiona",
volume="128",
number="1414",
pages="44-50",
abstract="AIMS: To ascertain morbidity and mortality of children who presented to Starship Children's Hospital with injuries from a quad bike incident from 2007 to 2014, and to review whether current guidelines are sufficient to prevent injury. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective case note review of all children under the age of 16 years who presented to Starship Hospital with an injury sustained whilst riding a quad bike between January 2007 and July 2014. <br><br>RESULTS: Twenty-seven patients were identified through both the Starship Children's Hospital Trauma and Paediatric Intensive Care databases with injuries resulting from a quad bike incident. Fifteen patients (56%) had multisystem injuries. The average injury severity score (ISS) was 14 (range 1-75). ISS was higher in those of younger age (<5 years), lower body weight (<20kg), requiring PICU admission and those sustaining head injuries with no helmet. Seven (25.9%) patients required PICU admission, two patients died (7.4%) and three patients (12%) survived to discharge with disability. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study supports current published guidelines which recommend limiting the use of quad bikes by children. Current guidelines do not, however, prevent injury in the paediatric population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}