Regional differences in pediatric firearm-related emergency department visits and the association with firearm legislation

SJ Patel, GM Badolato, K Parikh, SF Iqbal… - Pediatric emergency …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective The objective of this study was to describe regional and temporal trends in
pediatric firearm-related emergency department (ED) visits and investigate association with …

[HTML][HTML] An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018

A Vaishnav, GA Smith, J Badeti, NL Michaels - Injury epidemiology, 2023 - Springer
Background Firearm injuries are the leading cause of mortality among children and
adolescents 1–19 years old in the USA. Many prior studies on this topic lack detailed …

Individual and neighborhood characteristics of children seeking emergency department care for firearm injuries within the PECARN network

PM Carter, LJ Cook, ML Macy… - Academic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective was to describe the characteristics of children seeking emergency
care for firearm injuries within the PECARN network and assess the influence of both …

Trends in adolescent firearm-related injury: a time series analysis

CH Meyer, S Noorbakhsh, K Jackson… - The American …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Firearm-related injury (FRI) became the leading cause of death among
children/adolescents in 2019. Purpose This study sought to determine changes over time in …

Changing epidemiology of injury-related pediatric mortality in a rural state: implications for injury control

TK RAUSCH, ND Sanddal, TL Sanddal… - Pediatric emergency …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Study Objective: To document the current epidemiology of pediatric injury-related deaths in
a rural state and evaluate changes over time. Design: Retrospective review of injury-related …

187 The association of state gun laws with pediatric mortality from firearms

SJ Patel, G Badolato, K Parikh, S Iqbal… - Annals of …, 2017 - annemergmed.com
Study Objectives Firearms account for the second leading cause of pediatric death in the
United States. There is significant variation in firearm legislation at the state level. Recently …

Emergency department visits for pediatric firearm injuries by trauma center type

GJ Cutler, AL Zagel, AB Spaulding… - Pediatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives This study aimed to characterize pediatric visits to emergency departments (EDs)
for firearm injuries and examine differences by trauma center type. Methods Analyses …

Children are safer in states with strict firearm laws: a National Inpatient Sample study

A Safavi, P Rhee, V Pandit, N Kulvatunyou… - Journal of trauma and …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Firearm control laws vary across the United States and remain state
specific. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between variation in states' …

Firearm-related hospitalizations: 20 US children, teens daily

M Mitka - JAMA, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Researchers from Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and Boston
University School of Medicine in Boston estimated that in 2009, the latest year such data …

Child firearm-related homicide and suicide by state legislation in the US (2009-2020)

KL Haines, L Gorenshtein, K Kaur… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Firearms are the leading cause of death among US children and adolescents.
This study evaluates whether state gun laws are associated with firearm suicides and …