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AAP Grand Rounds 21:7 (2009)
© 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics

RESIDENTS/INJURY & POISON PREVENTION

Pediatric Golf-Related Ophthalmic Injuries

Source: Hink EM, Oliver SCN, Drack AV, et al. Pediatric golf-related ophthalmic injuries. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(9):1252–1256; doi:10.1001/archopht.126.9.1252[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Researchers from the University of Colorado and Emory University Schools of Medicine performed this retrospective study to document ophthalmic morbidity in golfrelated injuries and report specific injury patterns. The medical records of all children younger than 18 years with ophthalmic injury resulting from golf clubs or golf balls seen between 1992 and 2007 at the two institutions were reviewed.


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Question: What ophthalmic morbidity occurs in children with golf-related injuries?

Question type: Descriptive

Study design: Retrospective case series

 

Eleven eyes of 11 pediatric patients (6 boys; mean age 10.2 years, range 714 years) were injured by golfassociated trauma. Ten patients (91%) were injured by golf clubs and one patient (9%) by a golf ball. Injuries occurred at home . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Melissa Pujazon-Zazik, MD, MPH
Clinical Fellow, Adolescent Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA