@article{ref1,
title="Current epidemiological trends of pediatric traffic accidents at a Romanian clinical hospital",
journal="Children (Basel, Switzerland)",
year="2023",
author="Popa, Ștefan and Sârbu, Ioan and Ciongradi, Carmen Iulia and Popa, Irene Paula and Bulgaru-Iliescu, Diana",
volume="10",
number="9",
pages="-",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Pediatric road traffic accidents (RTAs) have a substantial impact on the worldwide youth population, resulting in a considerable burden of disability. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Status Report on Road Safety, around 1.35 million children die each year in RTAs around the world, having a big effect on health and financial costs. Today's high-income countries like the Netherlands have experienced a decrease in the incidence of fatal traffic accidents (TAs) in children compared to countries with higher-than-average scores, including Romania, where roughly one out of every two minor deaths was a pedestrian; however, there is a lack of comprehensive and up-to-date epidemiological data on non-fatal TAs regarding pediatric patients.   The objective of this study is to perform a thorough examination of the epidemiological aspects of Tas in pediatric patients admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) of &quot;St. Mary's&quot; Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Iasi, Romania. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive retrospective research study was conducted at the &quot;St. Mary's&quot; Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Iasi, Romania, from January 2015 to December 2022. The research population includes all pediatric trauma patients that were between the age range of 1 month and 18 years who were treated by the trauma department. A total of 358 cases met the inclusion criteria and fulfilled fulfilled fulfilled. Data concerning variables such as accident incidents, types of injuries, and length of hospitalization have been gathered. <br><br>RESULTS: The average age of the patients was 11.43 ± 4.07 years, with patients of both sexes, the representation of the male sex being 78.5%. The incidence occurred during the summer, representing 15.3% in June. Of the patients admitted to the ED, 55.5% (n = 196) did not require surgery. Most of the patients spent from a minimum of one day to a maximum of 28 days in the hospital, with an average of 8.50 hospital days. The most common injuries were fractures (n = 221), and the most frequent anatomical region affected was the upper limbs (n = 55.2%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: While the literature on fatal TA cases shows a declining trend, there is a lack of up-to-date information on non-fatal TAs involving children. The results of our study suggest that there is a high incidence of pediatric TAs due to the scale of &quot;St. Mary's&quot; Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, from Iasi, which provides medical services to a considerable number of patients coming from both rural and urban areas of the seven counties of Moldova region, in Romania.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2227-9067",
doi="10.3390/children10091525",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091525"
}