Caught in the Crossfire: 10-Year Experience with Pediatric Firearm Injury at a Single Institution
Firearms pose a substantial risk to children in the US. There has been an increasing trend in pediatric firearm injuries during the last decade. The majority of children treated for firearm injury at our institution sustained injuries in the setting of gun violence. Injury prevention efforts should be aimed at decreasing intentional pediatric firearm injuries.
Authors
- Dai H. Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-940X)
- Elizabeth D Cochran
- Jingbo Qiao
- Arti Machchhar
Institutions
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001298
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17