The New Zealand medical journal
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To highlight the growing cost of electric-scooter (e-scooter) related injuries necessitating surgical intervention by the Auckland City Hospital Orthopaedic Department. ⋯ This study highlights that there can be serious consequences of e-scooter travel. High energy trauma not previously associated with scooter injuries is becoming increasingly prevalent as a result of readily available e-scooters. Many of the injuries identified represent significant morbidity to patients in terms of pain, lengthy rehabilitation and loss of income. Furthermore, the socioeconomic costs for DHBs continues to climb and adds to the acute surgical burden in an already busy healthcare system. The hazards of e-scooters should not be underestimated by both the general public and policy-makers.
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The ANZACS-QI Cardiac Implanted Device Registry (ANZACS-QI DEVICE) collects data on cardiac implantable electronic devices inserted in New Zealand. We evaluated completeness of data capture and quality of ANZACS-QI DEVICE in 2016. ⋯ The ANZACS-QI DEVICE registry had a good capture rate and excellent agreement with the national dataset. This high concordance supports the use of both datasets for future research.