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AAP Grand Rounds 3:13-14 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

CHILD ABUSE

Serious Head Injury in Falls of Less than 20 Feet: Think Abuse

Source: Lallier M, Bouchard S, St-Vil D, et al. Falls from heights among children: a retrospective review. J Pediatr Surg. 1999:34;1060–1063.

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Lallier et al report on 64 patients from 1 to 18 years of age (mean age 7.4 years) who fell 10 feet or more as identified by retrospective chart review of 1,410 patients admitted after falls to Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada, from 1994–1997. Fifty (78%) fell from a height of 20 feet or less and 14 from a height of greater than 20 feet. Seventy percent (45) of the patients were male. Thirty-six percent of the patients were less than 4 years of age and 70% were less than 10 years old. Falls . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Robert M. Reece, MD, FAAP
Child Protection Program, The Floating Hospital for Children at New England Medical Center, Boston, MA