TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Pediatric inflatable bouncer-related injuries in the United States, 1990-2010
JO  - Pediatrics
A1  - Thompson, Meghan C.
A1  - Chounthirath, Thiphalak
A1  - Xiang, Huiyun
A1  - Smith, Gary A.
SP  - 1076
EP  - 1083
VL  - 130
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE:To investigate inflatable bouncer-related injuries to children in the United States.METHODS:Records were analyzed from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System for patients ≤17 years old treated in US emergency departments (EDs) for inflatable bouncer-related injuries from 1990 to 2010.RESULTS:An estimated 64 657 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 32 420-96 893) children ≤17 years of age with inflatable bouncer-related injuries were treated in US EDs from 1990 to 2010. From 1995 to 2010, there was a statistically significant 15-fold increase in the number and rate of these injuries, with an average annual rate of 5.28 injuries per 100 000 US children (95% CI: 2.62-7.95). The increase was more rapid during recent years, with the annual injury number and rate more than doubling between 2008 and 2010. In 2010, a total of 31 children per day were treated in US EDs for an inflatable bouncer-related injury, which equals a child every 46 minutes nationally. A majority of patients were male (54.6%), and the mean patient age was 7.50 years (95% CI: 7.17-7.83). Most injuries were fractures (27.5%) and strains or sprains (27.3%), and most injuries occurred to the lower (32.9%) or upper (29.7%) extremities. Most injuries occurred at a place of sports or recreation (43.7%) or at home (37.5%), and 3.4% of injured children were hospitalized or kept for <24 hours for observation.CONCLUSIONS:The number and rate of pediatric inflatable bouncer-related injuries have increased rapidly in recent years. This increase, along with similarities to trampoline-related injuries, underscores the need for guidelines for safer bouncer usage and improvements in bouncer design to prevent these injuries among children.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-4005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-0473
ID  - ref1
ER  -