@article{ref1,
title="Recreational drone-related injuries in children: a review of National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) data",
journal="Curēus",
year="2021",
author="Khan, Abdullah and Brown, Lance",
volume="13",
number="6",
pages="e15390-e15390",
abstract="Introduction Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles controlled by a person on the ground, used for recreational purposes. The purpose of the study is to describe characteristics and patterns of injuries reported in children from recreational drones. <br><br>METHODS We extracted data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System involving (NEISS) over a period of 10 years from 2010 to 2019 regarding injuries to children for ages zero up to 18 years. We included the subjects with drone-related injuries. All other toy-related injuries were excluded. We applied descriptive statistics to calculate proportions and confidence intervals for categorical variables and median for continuous variables. <br><br>RESULTS We included a total of 26 subjects. In our sample, the number of male subjects (65%; n = 17) was higher than the number of females (35%; n = 9). Head and face were the commonly affected body parts (58%, n = 15). The most common diagnoses were lacerations (42%; n = 11) and contusions/abrasions (27%; n = 7). The majority of the subjects were treated and discharged from the emergency department (92%; n = 24). A significant number of injuries were caused by the direct impact of drones (65%; n = 17). <br><br>CONCLUSION Drones have the potential to cause injuries. Precautions are warranted to decrease the incidence of these injuries in children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-8184",
doi="10.7759/cureus.15390",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15390"
}