%0 Journal Article
%T Role of nonpowder guns in pediatric firearm injuries
%J American journal of surgery
%D 2017
%A Ballard, David H.
%A Williams, Mallory
%A Samra, Navdeep S.
%V 213
%N 6
%P 1193-1193
%X <p>We read with great interest the study by Bachier-Rodriguez et al.1 in which they report a two-center retrospective cohort of 562 pediatric firearm injuries with a predominant (80%; 450 of 562 patients) proportion of 15–19 years old adolescents and African-Americans (85.4%; 480/562). Mechanisms included assault (70.5%; 396/562), unintentional (14.4%; 81/562), suicide (3%; 17/562), and undetermined (12.1%; 68/562). Adolescents were significantly more likely to be male, African-American, have higher ISS, and suffer an injury due to assault, whereas children 0–14 years of age were more likely to suffer unintentional firearm injuries.</p> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0002-9610
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.12.016