Childhood injuries in Oman: retrospective review of a multicentre trauma registry data.
Amber MehmoodPriyanka AgrawalKatharine A AllenAmmar Al-KashmiriAli Al-BusaidiAdnan Ali HyderPublished in: BMJ paediatrics open (2018)
In this study, >30% of injury admissions were children 0-15 years of age. The high incidence of falls, home injuries and burns highlight the need for age-targeted interventions and injury control programmes. Although infrequent, transport injuries and head injuries put children in need of surgical management and prolonged hospital care.