Soft furniture falls are the leading cause of injury in young children
Soft furniture falls are the leading cause of injury in young children
(Reuters Health) - Accidents in sofas and beds are now the leading cause of injuries in children 4 years old and younger in the United States. UU And one of the leading causes of traumas in babies, suggests new research.
"Parents, family members and caregivers must take into account the risk of leaving an unattended baby or child in a bed or on a sofa, regardless of how soft the furniture looks or how far away they are" , co-author of the study Dr. Viachaslau Bradko told Reuters Health by email.
"Just as health care providers discuss special car seats for the safe transport of children, they should remind families of the dangers of benign-looking furniture for an unattended child," said Bradko, a Texas Children's orthopedic surgeon. Hospital in Houston.
His team presented their findings on November 5 at the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Orlando, Florida.
The researchers analyzed a decade of data on injuries treated in emergency rooms of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System of the Consumer Product Safety Commission of the United States.
Sampling and analysis revealed an estimated 2.3 million children under 5 years of age who were treated for couch and bed related injuries in 2007-2016. That translates to an annual average of 115.2 injuries per 10,000 children in this age group in the general population.
Numbers place soft furniture that falls well ahead of other causes of injury. The next most frequent cause, stair-related accidents, occurred at an average rate of 46.8 per 10,000 children during the study period.
"We were surprised at how common these injuries were. In fact, we discovered that they were three times more common than the stairs, "said Bradko.
Babies under 12 months of age suffered a higher than average ratio of soft furniture injuries, which represents 27.7 percent of the total. Younger patients were also more than twice as likely to need hospitalization.
The study found that boys were slightly more injured than girls, with 55 percent versus 45 percent. Damage to soft tissues and lacerations were the most common types of injuries and three out of five children had injuries to the face and head.
If there is good news, it may be that few of these injuries, only 2.7 percent, require hospitalization. But the bad news is that these injuries seem to be increasingly common. During the study period, injuries related to bed and sofa increased almost 17 percent in general.
"Actually, the numbers are even higher, since not every drop causes the child to go to the emergency department," said Dr. Jordan Taylor, of the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, who did not participated in the investigation.
"As the authors mention, these falls do not usually lead to hospitalization, but the cost implications for all visits to the emergency department are significant." Education and prevention are probably the key to reversing this trend, although more studies that delve into injury patterns could be useful, "Taylor noted.
SOURCE: bit.ly/2PhWNOE Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, online November 5, 2018.
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