Toy Guns, Real Danger: An Update on Pediatric Injury Patterns Related to Nonpowder Weapons
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Robert J. McLoughlin, Alyssa Stetson, Jonathan Green, Michael P Hirsh, Muriel A. Cleary, Jeremy T. Aidlen
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Abstract
Background
Design changes of nonpowder guns, including BB and air guns, have significantly increased their potential to injure. We sought to characterize the demographics of children injured with nonpowder weapons and the specific injuries suffered.
Methods
A cross-sectional analysis of the study years 2006, 2009, and 2012 was performed by combining the Kids' Inpatient Database into a single dataset. We identified cases (age
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