The effect of gun control laws on hospital admissions for children in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. S54-S60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Tashiro ◽  
Rebecca S. Lane ◽  
Lawrence W. Blass ◽  
Eduardo A. Perez ◽  
Juan E. Sola
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Control Laws

Impact of alcohol and drug use on bicycle and electric scooter injuries and hospital admissions in the United States

Trauma ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146040862110443
Author(s):  
Nikan K Namiri ◽  
Austin W Lee ◽  
Gregory M Amend ◽  
Jason Vargo ◽  
Benjamin N Breyer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Head Trauma ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Body Part ◽  
The United States ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Injury Surveillance System ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

Introduction Bicycles and electric scooters (e-scooters) are convenient and accessible means of transportation. Participant safety is contingent on available infrastructure and safe riding practices including not riding while intoxicated. Understanding national prevalence and injury characteristics of bicycle and e-scooter riders who ride while intoxicated may promote awareness campaigns for safe riding practices and decrease morbidity. Methods The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) provides national estimates of injuries that present to emergency departments across the United States. We obtained case information on admitting status, body part injured, diagnosis of injury, age, sex, alcohol usage, and drug usage. We then queried NEISS for injuries related to bicycles and e-scooters in 2019. Results A weighted total of 270,571 (95% confidence interval (CI): 204,517–336,625) bicycle injuries occurred in the United States during 2019; alcohol and drug use were associated with 7% (95% CI: 6–9) and 2% (95% CI: 2–3) of all injuries, respectively. Twenty-four percent (CI: 18--31) of alcohol- and 29% (95% CI: 20–41) of drug-related bicycle injuries resulted in hospital admissions, compared to 15% (95% CI: 12–17) of non–alcohol- and 15% (95% CI: 13–18) of non–drug-related injuries ( p < .001 and p = .002, respectively). A total of 28,702 (95% CI: 13,975–43,428) e-scooter injuries occurred in 2019; alcohol and drug use were associated with 8% (95% CI: 5–12) and 1% (95% CI: 1–2) of injuries, respectively. Sixty percent (95% CI: 47–72) of alcohol-related e-scooter injuries resulted in head trauma, compared to 28% (95% CI: 24–32) of non–alcohol-related injuries ( p < .001). Conclusions Intoxication is associated with increasingly severe injuries, hospital admissions, and head trauma in bicycle and e-scooter riders. The findings support awareness campaigns to educate riders about risky practices, improve non-auto infrastructure, and promote helmet usage.

Role of Image-Guided Percutaneous Drainage in Pancreatic Collections

2018 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Katayoun Samadi ◽  
Ronald Arellano
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Percutaneous Drainage ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Image Guided ◽  
Gastrointestinal Conditions

AbstractAcute pancreatitis is one of the major gastrointestinal conditions that lead to around 300,000 hospital admissions per year in the United States. While mild inflammation of the pancreas is often managed conservatively, progression of the disease process to necrosis significantly increases the overall morbidity and mortality and often requires surgical or other interventional techniques for management. The purpose of this review is to describe the role of percutaneous drainage for the management of complicated pancreatitis.

scholarly journals Air Pollution Increases Influenza Hospitalizations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Singer ◽  
Joshua Graff Zivin ◽  
Matthew Neidell ◽  
Nicholas Sanders
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Inpatient Hospitalization ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Health Burden ◽  
Severe Influenza

AbstractSeasonal influenza is a recurring health burden shared widely across the globe. We study whether air quality affects the occurrence of severe influenza cases that require inpatient hospitalization. Using longitudinal information on local air quality and hospital admissions across the United States, we find that poor air quality increases the incidence of significant influenza hospital admissions. Effects diminish in years with greater influenza vaccine effectiveness. Apart from increasing vaccination rates, improving air quality may help reduce the spread and severity of influenza.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Incidence and Hospitalization Rates are Inversely Related to Vaccination Coverage Among the 112 Most Populous Counties in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Harris
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lower Half ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Percentage Point Increase ◽  
Hospitalization Rates ◽  
Point Increase ◽  
Log Linear

AbstractWe tested whether COVID-19 incidence and hospitalization rates were inversely related to vaccination coverage among the 112 most populous counties in the United States, each with a population exceeding 600,000. We measured vaccination coverage as the percent of the total population fully vaccinated as of July 15, 2021, with the exception of 11 Texas counties, where the cutoff date was July 14, 2021. We measured COVID-19 incidence as the number of confirmed cases per 100,000 population during the 14-day period ending August 12, 2021. We measured hospitalization rates as the number of confirmed COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population during the same 14-day period. COVID-19 incidence was significantly higher among counties in the lower half of the distribution of vaccination coverage (incidence 543.8 per 100,000 among 56 counties with mean coverage 42.61%) than among counties in the lower half of the distribution of coverage (incidence 280.7 per 100,000 among 56 counties with mean coverage 57.37%, p < 0.0001). Hospital admissions were also significantly higher among counties in the lower half of the distribution (55.37 per 100,000) than in the upper half of the distribution (20.48 per 100,000, p < 0.0001). In log-linear regression models, a 10-percentage-point increase in vaccination coverage was associated with a 28.3% decrease in COVID-19 incidence (95% confidence interval, 16.8 – 39.7%), a 44.9 percent increase in the rate of COVID-19 hospitalization (95% CI, 28.8 – 61.0%), and a 16.6% decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100 cases (95% CI, 8.4 – 24.8%). Higher vaccination coverage is associated not only with significantly lower COVID-19 incidence, but also significantly less severe cases of the disease.

Handguns: Risks versus Benefits

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 781-782
Author(s):  
KATHERINE K. CHRISTOFFEL ◽  
TOM CHRISTOFFEL
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Second Amendment ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Supreme Court ◽  
P 16

THE ISSUE There are an estimated 40 to 50 million handguns in the United States, with approximately 2 million more being manufactured annually1 (The New York Times, July 9, 1985, p 16). The high prevalence of handgun injury in the United States is unique in all the world and is increasing. Children are among the growing legions of US citizens harmed by the handgun epidemic.2 The effort to control handguns is focussed on developing laws to control their manufacture, importation, purchase, possession, and use. Opponents of these legal approaches claim that gun control endangers constitutional freedoms. When asked, the US Supreme court has consistently rejected that position in favor of the view that the Second Amendment protects a collective, not a personal, right to bear arms.3,4

Fatal Dog Attacks, 1989-1994

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 891-895
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Sacks ◽  
Randall Lockwood ◽  
Janet Hornreicht ◽  
Richard W. Sattin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prior History ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Dog Bite ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Dog Bites ◽  
Pediatric Health Care ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Objectives. To update data on fatal dog bites and see if past trends have continued. Design. To merge data from vital records, the Humane Society of the United States, and searches of electronic news files. Setting. United States. Subjects. U.S. residents dying in the U.S. from 1989 through 1994 from dog bites. Results. We identified 109 dog bite-related fatalities, of which 57% were less than 10 years of age. The death rate for neonates was two orders of magnitude higher than for adults and the rate for children one order of magnitude higher. Of classifiable deaths, 22% involved an unrestrained dog off the owner's property, 18% involved a restrained dog on the owner's property, and 59% involved an unrestrained dog on the owner's property. Eleven attacks involved a sleeping infant; 19 dogs involved in fatal attacks had a prior history of aggression; and 19 of 20 classifiable deaths involved an unneutered dog. Pit bulls, the most commonly reported breed, were involved in 24 deaths; the next most commonly reported breeds were rottweilers (16) and German shepherds (10). Conclusions. The dog bite problem should be reconceptualized as a largely preventable epidemic. Breedspecific approaches to the control of dog bites do not address the issue that many breeds are involved in the problem and that most of the factors contributing to dog bites are related to the level of responsibility exercised by dog owners. To prevent dog bite-related deaths and injuries, we recommend public education about responsible dog ownership and dog bite prevention, stronger animal control laws, better resources for enforcement of these laws, and better reporting of bites. Anticipatory guidance by pediatric health care providers should address dog bite prevention.

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