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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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Soft Tissue Injuries/epidemiology

Your search returns 3 documents

• 1.   Atypical distal radial fractures in children

  This study reported on paediatric injuries secondary to the use of the non-motorized microscooter, with findings of a high rate of upper limb trauma, and a distinct injury associated with the scooter

  

  Abstract:

  In a prospective study of paediatric injuries secondary to the use of the non-motorized microscooter, we found a high rate of upper limb trauma, and a distinct injury associated with the scooter. The most common single injury was a fracture of the distal third of radius and ulna, characterized by volar angulation of the distal fragment. This injury, akin to the Smiths fracture in more...

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury

  Categories:

  paediatric injuries

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Pediatr Orthop B, Vol: 13 Page: 202-5 May 2004
  P. D. Kiely; P. J. Kiely; M. M. Stephens; F. E. Dowling

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• 2.   Dangerous games

  The aim of the study was to audit trampoline related injuries

  

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injuries

  Categories:

  trampoline related injuries

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Emerg Nurse, Vol: 13 Page: 14-6 July 2005
  K. McDowell

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• 3.   Speeding and maxillofacial injuries: impact of the introduction of penalty points for speeding offences

  The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of "point demerit scheme", comparative assessment of the number of maxillofacial operations necessitated by road crashes the year before and after the introduction of penalty points

  

  Abstract:

  On 31 October 2002 the Irish Government introduced a point demerit scheme for road speeding offences. To evaluate the impact of the scheme, we made a comparative assessment of the number of maxillofacial operations necessitated by road crashes at two tertiary surgical centres in the year before and the year after the introduction of penalty points. There were no significant differences more...

  International Classification:

  Procedure - maxillofacial operations

  Categories:

  maxillofacial operations

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, Vol: 44 Page: 15-9 February 2006
  O. T. Hussain; M. S. Nayyar; F. A. Brady; J. C. Beirne; L. F. Stassen

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