TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Letter to the editor regarding: Pediatric firearm trauma on the rise
JO  - Journal of pediatric surgery
A1  - Daungsupawong, Hinpetch
A1  - Wiwanitkit, Viroj
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The publication on "Pediatric Firearm Trauma on the Rise: A Retrospective Review of Over 1100 Cases in 12 Years at One Center" is very interesting, and we hereby comment and on this publication. Through the analysis of data from pediatric firearm-related injury (FRI) patients who presented to a single level 1 pediatric hospital or who passed away at the scene between 2010 and 2021, the researchers want to better understand the rising prevalence of gun-related trauma among children. They discovered that there were 1126 pediatric FRI cases in the area under investigation, the most of whom were male, and the majority of the injuries were brought on by pistols. They also found that black people had a statistically significant higher rate of FRI than either white people or Hispanic people. ...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3468
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.07.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -