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AAP Grand Rounds 4:34 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

SURGERY

Long-Term Disability After Trauma In Children

Source: Valadka S, Poenaru D, Dueck A. Long-term disability after trauma in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2000;35:684–687.

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In this prospective cohort study, Valadka et al determined functional outcome of pediatric trauma patients at a mean of 4.4 years following injury. Patients were 18 years of age or younger at the time of the injury (mean 13 years, SD 5), and had been admitted to an Ontario, Canada regional trauma center from 1991 to 1997 for the treatment of injuries that were at least of moderate severity, ie, Injury Severity Score ≥4.1 Of 218 eligible trauma registry patients, 19 were deceased, 64 unreachable, and 19 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

David Wesson, MD, FAAP1 and Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, FAAP2
1 Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
2 Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA