10,000 Injuries to Infants a Year from Cribs, Playpens, and Bassinets

An estimated 181 654 (95% confidence interval: 148 548�214 761) children younger than 2 years of age were treated in emergency departments in the United States for injuries related to cribs, playpens, and bassinets during the 19-year study period. There was an average of 9561 cases per year or an average of 12.1 injuries per 10 000 children younger than 2 years old per year. Most of the injuries involved cribs (83.2%), followed by playpens (12.6%) and bassinets (4.2%). The most common mechanism of injury was a fall from a crib, playpen, or bassinet, representing 66.2% of injuries. Soft-tissue injuries comprised the most common diagnosis (34.1%), and the most frequently injured body region was the head or neck (40.3%). Patients with fractures were admitted 14.0% of the time, making them 5.45 (95% confidence interval: 3.80�7.80) times more likely to be hospitalized than patients with other types of injury. Children younger than 6 months were 2.97 (95% confidence interval: 2.07�4.24) times more likely to be hospitalized than older children.

Notes:

Cribs accounted for of 10,000 injuries per year to infants.

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Injuries Associated With Cribs, Playpens, and Bassinets Among Young Children in the US, 1990�2008

Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Yeh, BS, Rochette, PhD, McKenzie, PhD, MA, Smith, MD, DrPH (February 17, 2011), Injuries Associated With Cribs, Playpens, and Bassinets Among Young Children in the US, 1990�2008, Pediatrics, Retrieved on 2011-02-17

Source Material [pediatrics.aappublications.org]

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01 JAN 2010

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