Pediatric Injuries Related to Window Blinds, Shades, and Cords

To provide an epidemiologic description of fatal and nonfatal window blind-related injuries among US children younger than 6 years of age. Data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System and In-Depth Investigation (IDI) databases were retrospect...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2018-01, Vol.141 (1), p.e20172359
Main Authors: Onders, Bridget, Kim, Eun Hye, Chounthirath, Thitphalak, Hodges, Nichole L, Smith, Gary A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Home - prevention & control
Accidents, Home - statistics & numerical data
Analysis
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Company business management
Confidence intervals
Consumer Product Safety
Databases, Factual
Emergency service
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Epidemiology
Female
Hospital emergency services
Hospitals
Household Articles
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Interior Design and Furnishings
Male
Management
Pediatrics
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
United States
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - etiology
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Summary:To provide an epidemiologic description of fatal and nonfatal window blind-related injuries among US children younger than 6 years of age. Data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System and In-Depth Investigation (IDI) databases were retrospectively analyzed. From 1990 to 2015, there were an estimated 16 827 (95% confidence interval: 13 732-19 922) window blind-related injuries among children younger than 6 years of age treated in emergency departments in the United States, corresponding to an injury rate of 2.7 per 100 000 children. The most common mechanism of injury was "struck by" (48.8%). Entanglement injuries accounted for 11.9% of all cases, and among this subgroup, 98.9% involved blind cords, and 80.7% were to the neck. Overall, most injuries (93.4%) were treated and released. In IDI reports for 1996 through 2012, we identified 231 window blind cord entanglement incidents among children
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2017-2359