Injuries
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Surgeons call for change in mass casualty response
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Gun deaths rise as gun ownership climbs
Major finding: There is a significant, positive correlation between a county’s per capita gun ownership rate and its rate of firearm-related...
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Managing blunt abdominal trauma in children tricky business
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Injuries/poisonings the leading cause of pediatric ED visits
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Youth homicide rates reach 30-year low
Major finding: The 2010 homicide rate of 7.5/100,000 among 10 to 24-year-olds is the lowest observed in 30 years.Data source: A CDC analysis of...
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Hypoglycemia linked to increased morbidity risk in pediatric burn patients
Major finding: Severely burned children are almost three times more likely to die if they have even one hypoglycemic episode.Data Source:...
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Estimated 4,870 future cancers induced by pediatric CT annually
Major finding: Use of CT scans nearly tripled in children aged 5-15 years and doubled in those aged 0-5 years during the first decade of the study...
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Concussion recovery takes longer if children have had one before
Major finding: The median duration of concussion symptoms was 12 days in children and teens who hadn’t been concussed before, 24 days in those who...
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Parents -not just teens-are distracted while driving
Major finding: Almost 90% of parents who were surveyed engaged in at least one technology-related distraction while driving their child in the...
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FDA warns about magnesium sulfate effects on newborns
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Education not enough: Student attitudes on concussion are poor
Major finding: Many of the 120 high school football players who participated in a survey-based study (70%) were knowledgeable about concussions,...