TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Pediatric all-terrain vehicle related temporal bone fractures
JO  - International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
A1  - Anfuso, Anthony
A1  - Weinberger, Paul M.
A1  - McKinnon, Brian J.
SP  - 202
EP  - 205
VL  - 76
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of helmet use in children involved in all-terrain vehicles (ATV) accidents. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Tertiary Academic Medical Center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Retrospective review was performed using the trauma registry of an academic tertiary medical center identifying ATV injured patients under 13 years of age between 2003-2008. Data regarding age, gender, ethnicity, driver/passenger status, helmet status, length of hospital stay, Glascow Coma Scale, Injury Severity Score, Abbreviated Injury Score, and presence of temporal bone fracture were analyzed. RESULTS: Seventy-four ATV injured pediatric subjects were identified. Average age was 8.6 years, 62% male, 38 were drivers, 32 were passengers. Helmet use data were available on 47 (64%) subjects, of these 9 (19%) wore helmets, and 38 (81%) were not wearing helmets. There was no observed statistical difference between helmeted and unhelmeted riders when comparing age, gender, ethnicity, driver/passenger status, length of hospital stay, Glascow Coma Scale (GCS), Injury Severity Score, Abbreviated Injury Score, or presence of temporal bone fracture. CONCLUSIONS: This review found that documented helmet use in pediatric ATV injuries to be profoundly low (19%). Within our cohort no protective benefit from helmet use was identified, suggesting the inherent and potentially unalterable dangers of pediatric ATV recreation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-5876
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.11.003
ID  - ref1
ER  -