@article{ref1,
title="Review of children with severe trauma or thermal injury requiring intensive care in a Hong Kong hospital: retrospective study",
journal="Hong Kong medical journal",
year="2002",
author="Ng, D. K. K. and Cherk, S. W. W. and Yu, W. L. and Lau, M. Y. and Ho, J. C. S. and Chau, C. K. W.",
volume="8",
number="2",
pages="82-86",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To study the injury pattern of children admitted for management of severe trauma or thermal injury. DESIGN: Retrospective review. SETTING: Paediatric intensive care unit of a regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS: Twenty-eight children were admitted under this category from July 1996 to December 1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mechanisms, severity, and circumstances of injury. RESULTS: Road traffic accident was the most common cause of admission, followed by thermal injury, accidental fall, and non-accidental injury. However, children with non-accidental injury were admitted in a significantly more severe condition, as measured by the paediatric risk of mortality score, than those admitted for the other three reasons. Non-accidental injury was also associated with significantly higher morbidity and mortality than the other causes of admission. CONCLUSIONS: During the 42-month study period, trauma and thermal injury accounted for 7% of all admissions to the paediatric intensive care unit. Road traffic accident was the most common reason, while non-accidental injury accounted for the most serious injury. Detailed analysis of these cases identified certain preventable risk factors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1024-2708",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}