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Dr. Meera Kotagal
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated rise in pediatric firearm injuries: A multi-institutional study.
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In brief
Multi-institutional retrospective study examining the relationship between COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and pediatric firearm injuries across U.S. trauma centers. The research investigates whether increased firearm sales and home confinement during the pandemic correlated with changes in pediatric firearm injury patterns.
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Firearm sales in the United States (U.S.) markedly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to determine if firearm injuries in children were associated with stay-at-home orders (SHO) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized there would be an increase in pediatric firearm injuries during SHO. This was a multi institutional, retrospective study of institutional trauma registri…
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Firearm sales in the United States markedly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study hypothesis was that there would be an increase in pediatric firearm injuries during stay-at-home orders.
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