Pediatric emergency care
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Jumping on the bed is a common childhood behavior. However, little is known about the potential for traumatic injury sustainable as a consequence of this behavior save for an understanding of the risk of injury related to falling from a bed, and a growing body of literature related to trampoline injuries. We report a case of a "grid" wire puncture injury that required a minor incision to affect removal. Parents should know about the possibility of this injury secondary to jumping on the bed, and pediatricians should know that the grid wires have hooked ends that may require incision to facilitate their removal.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jul 2005
Health care access after injury by insurance type in a pediatric population.
Previous studies demonstrate discrepancies in health care access by insurance status for routine, discretionary care. It is unknown whether these discrepancies in health care utilization by insurance status persist in urgent/emergent circumstances. We used injury as a sentinel event to represent urgent/emergent medical conditions to examine the relationship with insurance type. ⋯ While controlling for potentially confounding variables, there was no relationship between type of insurance and only making a telephone call after an injury. However, uninsured children were significantly more likely to be hospitalized after an injury than insured children. This latter relationship differs from overall patterns of health care utilization by insurance type.