2023
Hospital Admissions for Abusive Head Trauma Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Maassel N, Graetz E, Schneider E, Asnes A, Solomon D, Leventhal J. Hospital Admissions for Abusive Head Trauma Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics 2023, 177: 1342-1347. PMID: 37870839, PMCID: PMC10594171, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbusive head traumaCross-sectional studyMonthly hospitalizationsHead traumaClinical characteristicsSignificant decreaseCOVID-19 pandemicPediatric Health Information SystemTertiary care children's hospitalMean monthly incidenceClinical Modification codesHospitalization of childrenInterrupted time series analysisCOVID-19Subgroup of childrenHospital admissionChildren's HospitalTenth RevisionHospitalizationMAIN OUTCOMEInternational ClassificationSevere formCOVID-19 periodHealth information systemsPreventive efforts
2021
Firework-related injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to 2018–2019
Maassel N, Saccary A, Solomon D, Stitelman D, Xu Y, Li F, Christison-Lagay E, Dodington J. Firework-related injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to 2018–2019. Injury Epidemiology 2021, 8: 65. PMID: 34758871, PMCID: PMC8579722, DOI: 10.1186/s40621-021-00358-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Electronic Injury Surveillance SystemFireworks-related injuriesEmergency departmentElectronic Injury Surveillance SystemNational estimatesConsumer Product Safety Commission dataInjury Surveillance SystemCOVID-19 pandemicStudy inclusionInjury informationInjuryMonthly injurySame time periodUS Census dataNational decreaseMonthsSurveillance systemConsumer fireworksUnited StatesProportional increaseYearsDepartmentPandemicResultsThereEpidemiology