War’s youngest victims: a descriptive cross-sectional study on injury distributions, severity patterns, and outcomes among paediatric trauma patients in Kharkiv, Ukraine
This study offers new insights into paediatric trauma from modern warfare in a high-income setting, highlighting the occurrence of blast and shelling injuries, injury patterns overall similar to previous conflicts, and high disability rates at discharge. The findings underscore the need for comprehensive trauma care, including acute treatment and long-term rehabilitation, and can inform improvements in care protocols, resource allocation, and rehabilitation strategies.
Authors
- Mariia Matvieienko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0388-138X)
- Olha Konstantynovska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6176-9786)
- Yohan Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6372)
- Andreas Wladis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-0892)
- Gunnar Falk
- Denise Bäckström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-4600)
- Filippa Sennersten
- Safora Frogh
- Olha Karafulidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4669-6708)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Kharkiv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No 3 (UA)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (UA)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Conflict and Health
- Published
- 2025-07-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-025-00694-w
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- Linköpings Universitet