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Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents
Leventhal J, Gaither J, Sege R. Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents. 2017, 33-39. DOI: 10.1542/9781610022750-hospitalizations.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirearm-related injuriesYears of ageFirearm injuriesSuicide attemptsHospitalization ratesFirearm-related hospitalizationsPublic health effortsInpatient DatabaseNinth RevisionChildhood injuriesHospitalized casesRisk ratioInjury codesClinical ModificationHospitalizationInternational ClassificationUS childrenHealth effortsInjuryWhite malesChildrenRecent national attentionIntercensal populationMalesIncidence
2016
National Trends in Hospitalizations for Opioid Poisonings Among Children and Adolescents, 1997 to 2012
Gaither JR, Leventhal JM, Ryan SA, Camenga DR. National Trends in Hospitalizations for Opioid Poisonings Among Children and Adolescents, 1997 to 2012. JAMA Pediatrics 2016, 170: 1195-1201. PMID: 27802492, PMCID: PMC7245935, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.2154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid poisoningInpatient DatabaseAge groupsSerial cross-sectional dataDischarge recordsPrescription opioid poisoningsOpioid prescribing practicesHospital discharge recordsKids' Inpatient DatabaseCharacteristics of hospitalizationsYears of ageCochran-Armitage testPediatric hospital discharge recordsOpioid exposureAnnual incidencePediatric populationPrescription opioidsNinth RevisionPrescribing practicesChildren 1Opioid storageClinical ModificationRetrospective analysisHospitalizationMAIN OUTCOME
2014
Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents
Leventhal JM, Gaither JR, Sege R. Hospitalizations Due to Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics 2014, 133: 219-225. PMID: 24470651, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirearm-related injuriesYears of ageFirearm injuriesSuicide attemptsHospitalization ratesInpatient DatabaseKids' Inpatient DatabaseFirearm-related hospitalizationsPublic health effortsNinth RevisionChildhood injuriesHospitalized casesRisk ratioInjury codesClinical ModificationHospitalizationInternational ClassificationUS childrenHealth effortsInjuryWhite malesChildrenRecent national attentionIntercensal populationMales