Abstract
In children fractures are a regular occurring feature (see section 1.2). When a physician finds a fracture in a child, he can draw up a comprehensive differential diagnosis. In this chapter accidental childhood fractures are discussed.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Jaarsma AS. Botbreuken bij pasgeborenen. Patient Care 2007;34(9):9-12
Morris S, Cassidy N, Stephens M et al Birth-associated femoral fractures: incidence and outcome. J Pediatr Orthop 2002;22(1):27-30
Simonson C, Barlow P, Dehennin N et al Neonatal complications of vacuum-assisted delivery. Obstet Gynecol 2007; 109(3):626-33
Joseph PR, Rosenfeld W. Clavicular fractures in neonates. Am J Dis Child 1990;144(2):165-7
Cumming WA. Neonatal skeletal fractures. Birth trauma or child abuse? J Can Assoc Radiol 1979;30(1):30-3
Rubin A. Birth injuries: incidence, mechanismes, and end results. J Obstet Gynecol 1964;23:218-21
Camus M, Lefevre G, Veron P et al Traumatismes obstétricaux du nouveau-né. Enquete retrospective à propos de 20409 naissances. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod 1985;14(8): 1033-44
Bhat BV, Kumar A, Oumachigui A. Bone injuries during delivery. Indian J Pediatr 1994;61(4):401-5
Groenendaal F, Hukkelhoven C. Botbreuken bij voldragen pasgeborenen. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2007;151(7):424
Bilo RAC, Voorhoeve HWA, Koot JM. Kind in ontwikkeling - een handreiking bij de observatie van jonge kinderen. Elsevier Tijdstroom, 7e druk, 2008
Brouwers-de Jong EA, Burgmeijer RJF, Laurent de Angulo MS. Ontwikkelingsonderzoek op het consultatiebureau - handboek bij het vernieuwde Van Wiechenonderzoek, 1996
Kravitz H, Driessen G, Gomberg R et al Accidental falls from elevated surfaces in infants from birth to one year of age. Pediatrics 1969;44(5)Suppl:869-76
Gallagher SS, Finison K, Guyer B et al The incidence of injuries among 87,000 Massachusetts children and adolescents: results of the 1980-81 Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program Surveillance System. Am J Public Health 1984;74(12):1340-7
Rivara FP, Alexander B, Johnston B et alPopulation-based study of fall injuries in children and adolescents resulting in hospitalization or death. Pediatrics 1993;92(1):61-3
Wheeler DS, Shope TR. Depressed skull fracture in a 7-month-old who fell from bed. Pediatrics 1997;100(6): 1033-4
Helfer RE, Slovis TL, Black M. Injuries resulting when small children fall out of bed. Pediatrics 1977;60(4):533-5
Nimityongskul P, Anderson LD. The likelihood of injuries when children fall out of bed. J Pediatr Orthop 1987;7(2): 184-6
Lyons TJ, Oates RK. Falling out of bed: a relatively benign occurrence. Pediatrics 1993;92(1):125-7
Tarantino CA, Dowd MD, Murdock TC. Short vertical falls in infants. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999;15(1):5-8
Bechtel K, Stoessel K, Leventhal JM et al Characteristics that distinguish accidental from abusive injury in hospitalized young children with head trauma. Pediatrics 2004; 114(1):165-8
Lueder GT. Retinal hemorrhages in accidental and nonaccidental injury. Pediatrics 2005;115(1):192; author reply 192
Warrington SA, Wright CM. Accidents and resulting injuries in premobile infants: data from the ALSPAC study. Arch Dis Chil 2001;85(2):104-7
Hennrikus WL, Shaw BA, Gerardi JA. Injuries when children reportedly fall from a bed or couch. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2003;(407):148-51
Johnson K, Fischer T, Chapman S et al Accidental head injuries in children under 5 years of age. Clin Radiol 2005; 60(4):464-8
Monson SA, Henry E, Lambert DK et al In-hospital falls of newborn infants: data from a multihospital health care system. Pediatrics 2008;122(2):e277-80
Trinkoff A, Parks PL. Prevention strategies for infant walker-related injuries. Public Health Rep 1993;108(6):784-8
American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Injuries associated with infant walkers. Pediatrics 2001;108(3):790-2
Fazen LE, Felizberto PI. Baby walker injuries. Pediatrics 1982;70(1):106-9
Kavanagh CA, Banco L. The infant walker: a previously unrecognized health hazard. Am J Dis Child 1982;136(3): 205-6
Wellman S, Paulson JA. Baby walker-related injuries. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1984;23(2):98-9
Stoffman JM, Bass MJ, Fox AM. Head injuries related to the use of baby walkers. Can Med Assoc J 1984;131(6): 573-5
Rieder MJ, Schwartz C, Newman J. Patterns of walker use and walker injury. Pediatrics 1986;78(3):488-93
Partington MD, Swanson JA, Meyer FB. Head injury and the use of baby walkers: a continuing problem. Ann Emerg Med 1991;20(6):652-4
Coats TJ, Allen M. Baby walker related injuries - a continuing problem. Arch Emerg Med 1991;8(1):52-5
Chiaviello CT, Christoph RA, Bond GR. Infant walker-related injuries: a prospective study of severity and incidence. Pediatrics 1994;93(6 Pt 1):974-6
Mayr J, Gaisl M, Purtscher K et al Baby walkers - an underestimated hazard for our children? Eur J Pediatr 1994;153(7): 531-4
Petridou E, Simou E, Skondras C et al Hazards of baby walkers in a European context. Inj Prev 1996;2(2):118-20
Smith GA, Bowman MJ, Luria JW et al Babywalker-related injuries continue despite warning labels and public education. Pediatrics 1997;100(2):E1
Website Consument en Veiligheid: http://www.veiligheid.nl/csi/websiteveiligheid.nsf/
Claydon SM. Fatal extradural hemorrhage following a fall from a baby bouncer. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996;12(6) :432-4
Farmakakis T, Alexe DM, Nicolaidou P et al Baby-bouncer-related injuries: an under-appreciated risk. Eur J Pediatr 2004;163(1):42-3
Davis C, Brown S. Penetrating intracranial trauma in an infant secondary to a modified baby bouncer. N Z Med J 2000;113(1118):406
Selbst SM, Baker MD, Shames M. Bunk bed injuries. Am J Dis Child 1990;144(6):721-3
MacGregor DM. Injuries associated with falls from beds. Inj Prev 2000;6(4):291-2
Mayr JM, Seebacher U, Lawrenz K et al Bunk beds - a still underestimated risk for accidents in childhood? Eur J Pediatr 2000;159(6):440-3
Johnson GF. Pediatric Lisfranc injury: ‘bunk bed’ fracture. Am J Roentgenol 1981;137(5):1041-4
Belechri M, Petridou E, Trichopoulos D. Bunk versus conventional beds: a comparative assessment of fall injury risk. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56(6):413-7
Watson WL, Ozanne-Smith J. The use of child safety restraints with nursery furniture. J Paediatr Child Health 1993;29(3):228-32
Couper RT, Monkhouse W, Busutil M et al Stroller safety. Med J Aust 1994;160(6):335-8
Lee AC, Fong D. Epidural haematoma and stroller-associated injury. J Paediatr Child Health 1997;33(5):446-7
Powell EC, Jovtis E, Tanz RR. Incidence and description of stroller-related injuries to children. Pediatrics 2002;110(5): e62
Arnholz D, Hymel KP, Hay TC et al Bilateral pediatric skull fractures: accident or abuse? Trauma 1998; 45(1):172-4
Mayr JM, Seebacher U, Schimpl G et al Highchair accidents. Acta Paediatr 1999;88(3):319-22
Powell EC, Jovtis E, Tanz RR. Incidence and description of high chair-related injuries to children. Ambul Pediatr 2002;2(4):276-8
Joffe M, Ludwig S. Stairway injuries in children. Pediatrics 1988;82(3 Pt 2):457-61
Chiaviello CT, Christoph RA, Bond GR. Stairway-related injuries in children. Pediatrics 1994;94(5):679-81
Smith GA, Dietrich AM, Garcia CT et al Epidemiology of shopping cart-related injuries to children. An analysis of national data for 1990 to 1992. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1995;149(11):1207-10
Smith GA, Dietrich AM, Garcia CT et al Injuries to children related to shopping carts. Pediatrics 1996;97(2):161-5
Parry ML, Morrison LG, Chalmers DJ et al Shopping trolley-related injuries to children in New Zealand, 1988-97. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38(1):51-4
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Position Statement 1135 http://www.aaos.org/about/papers/position/1135.asp
Woodward GA, Furnival R, Schunk JE. Trampolines revisited: a review of 114 pediatric recreational trampoline injuries. Pediatrics 1992;89:849-54
Chalmers DJ, Hume PA, Wilson BD. Trampolines in New Zealand: a decade of injuries. Br J Sports Med 1994;28(4): 234-8
Larson BJ, Davis JW. Trampoline-related injuries. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1995;77(8):1174-8
McDermott C, Quinlan JF, Kelly IP. Trampoline injuries in children. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2006;88(6):796-8
Hume PA, Chalmers DJ, Wilson BD. Trampoline injury in New Zealand: emergency care. Br J Sports Med 1996;30(4): 327-30
Smith GA. Injuries to children in the United States related to trampolines, 1990-1995: a national epidemic. Pediatrics 1998;101(3 Pt 1):406-12
Smith GA, Shields BJ. Trampoline-related injuries to children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998;152(7):694-9
Musemeche C, Barthel M, Cosentino C et al Pediatric falls from heights. J Trauma 1991;31(10):1347-9
Lallier M, Bouchard S, St-Vil D et al Falls from heights among children: a retrospective review. J Pediatr Surg 1999; 34(7):1060-3
Vish NL, Powell EC, Wiltsek D et al Pediatric window falls: not just a problem for children in high rises. Inj Prev 2005;11(5):300-3
Mayer L, Meuli M, Lips U et al The silent epidemic of falls from buildings: analysis of risk factors. Pediatr Surg Int 2006;22(9):743-8
Kim KA, Wang MY, Griffith PM et al Analysis of pediatric head injury from falls. Neurosurg Focus 2000; 8(1):e3
Murray JA, Chen D, Velmahos GC et al Pediatric falls: is height a predictor of injury and outcome? Am Surg 2000; 66(9):863-5
Wang MY, Kim KA, Griffith PM et al Injuries from falls in the pediatric population: an analysis of 729 cases. J Pediatr Surg 2001;36(10):1528-34
Hymel KP, Jenny C. Abusive spiral fractures of the humerus: a videotape exception. Arch Pediatr Adolec Med 1996; 150(2):226-8
Harty MP, Kao SC. Intraosseous vascular access defect: fracture mimic in the skeletal survey for child abuse. Pediatr Radiol 2002;32(3):188-90
Bowley DMG, Loveland J,Pitcher GJJ. Tibial Fracture as a complication of intraosseous infusion during pediatric resuscitation. Trauma 2003;55(4):786-7
Pickett WJ, Johnson JF, Enzenauer RW. Case report 192. Neonatal fractures mimicking abuse secondary to physical therapy. Skeletal Radiol 1982;8(1):85-6
Helfer RE, Scheurer SL, Alexander R et al Trauma to the bones of small infants from passive exercise: a factor in the etiology of child abuse. J Pediatr 1984;104(47):47-50
London R, Noronha PA, Levy HB et al Bone trauma caused by passive exercise (letter). J Pediatr 1984;105(1): 172-3
Simonian PT, Staheli LT. Periarticular fractures after manipulation for knee contractures in children. J Pediatr Orthop 1995;15(3):288-91
Chalumeau M, Foix-L’Helias L, Scheinmann P et al Rib fractures after chest physiotherapy for bronchiolitis or pneumonia in infants. Pediatr Radiol 2002;32(9):644-7
Gorincour G, Dubus JC, Petit P et al Rib periosteal reaction: did you think about chest physical therapy? Arch Dis Child 2004;89(11):1078-9
Chanelière C, Moreux N, Pracros JP et al [Rib fractures after chest physiotherapy: a report of 2 cases] [Article in French]. Arch Pediatr 2006;13(11):1410-2
Carty H. Children’s sports injuries. Eur J Radiol 1998;26(2): 163-76
Kerssenmaker SP, Fotiadou AN, de Jonge M et al Sport injuries in the pediatric and adolescent patient: a growing problem. Pediatr Radiol. 2009 May;39(5):471-84
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bilo, R.A.C., Robben, S.G.F., van Rijn, R.R. (2010). Accidental Trauma. In: Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78716-7_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78716-7_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-78715-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-78716-7
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)