PMID- 36204026
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221009
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 9
DP  - 2022 Sep
TI  - The Prevalence of Pediatric Lower Limb Fractures Following Motor Vehicle 
      Accidents at King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PG  - e28724
LID - 10.7759/cureus.28724 [doi]
LID - e28724
AB  - Background Pediatric injuries are a very common and serious issue that may result 
      in permanent harm. Regardless of the etiology of the injury, children represent 
      up to 25% of all cases visiting the emergency room. Children suffer nearly twice 
      as many fractures as adults, with males being more vulnerable to this type of 
      injury. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 2777 patients, 
      and a total of 203 patients who fit the inclusion criteria were included. Data 
      were collected using the electronic system at King Abdullah Specialist Children's 
      Hospital (KASCH). Participants were selected by a non-probability purposive 
      sampling method and data analysis was carried out using the SPSS program. Results 
      The prevalence of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) related to lower limb fractures 
      was estimated to be 7.3%. The patients had an average mean age of 8.6+/-4 years, 
      with 10-14 years being the most common age group affected (48.3%) with male 
      predominance (72.4%). Furthermore, femoral fractures were the most commonly 
      identified type (31.5%), and a pedestrian was the most common mechanism of 
      multiple lower limb fractures. Additionally, the highest reported mechanism of 
      injury of lower limb fractures was MVAs. Moreover, the current study shows that 
      most of those patients were treated surgically (55.1%). Conclusion Conclusively, 
      our cohort estimated that the prevalence is 7.3% of MVAs-related lower limb 
      fractures among all children presented to the KASCH Emergency Department. Our 
      study showed that children who were 10-14 years of age were the most affected. 
      There is a male over female predominance. A femur was the most common bone to be 
      affected. Lastly, further safety awareness programs and campaigns are important 
      to be initiated by governmental authorities.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022, Almansouf et al.
FAU - Almansouf, Abdulmajeed S
AU  - Almansouf AS
AD  - Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of 
      Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alkhanbashi, Omar Khalid
AU  - Alkhanbashi OK
AD  - Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of 
      Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alsumairi, Sultan
AU  - Alsumairi S
AD  - Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of 
      Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alhussein, Naif A
AU  - Alhussein NA
AD  - Emergency Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, 
      College of Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alosaimi, Meshari
AU  - Alosaimi M
AD  - Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of 
      Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alquraishi, Abdulaziz A
AU  - Alquraishi AA
AD  - Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of 
      Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Yousif, Amal
AU  - Yousif A
AD  - Pediatric Emergency, Princes Nora University, Riyadh, SAU.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220903
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC9528167
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - fractures
OT  - lower extremity
OT  - motor vehicle accidents
OT  - pediatrics
OT  - trauma
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2022/10/08 06:00
MHDA- 2022/10/08 06:01
PMCR- 2022/09/03
CRDT- 2022/10/07 02:45
PHST- 2022/09/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/10/07 02:45 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/10/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/10/08 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.28724 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2022 Sep 3;14(9):e28724. doi: 10.7759/cureus.28724. eCollection 2022 Sep.