TY - JOUR
T1 - Is high weight status associated with pediatric forearm fractures requiring anatomic reduction?
AU - Ryan, Leticia Manning
AU - Teach, Stephen J.
AU - Ezeibe, Uchenna
AU - Lall, Ambika
AU - Wood, Rachel
AU - Chamberlain, James M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2015/4/4
Y1 - 2015/4/4
N2 - Background: High weight status is associated with increased forearm fracture risk but its relationship to severity of fracture has not been evaluated. We compared the epidemiology of children's forearmfractures treated with fracture reduction to those not treated with reduction, hypothesizing that high weight status would be significantly associated with need for reduction. Methods: This is a case-control study including Washington, DC children, ages 2 to 17 years, treated for isolated forearm fractures in an urban, tertiary care pediatric emergency department from 2003 to 2006. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were conducted to compare patients with forearm fracture reductions to nonintervention controls. Results: Of 888 forearm fractures, 330 (37.2%) required reduction (cases) whereas 558 (64.8%) did not (controls). Cases were more likely than controls to be male [adjusted odds ratio, 1.67 (95% confidence interval, 1.112.50)] and to have experienced a more severe mechanism of trauma [adjusted odds ratio, 2.11 (95% confidence interval, 1.143.90)]. The groups did not differ in weight status, age, or race/ethnicity. Conclusions: The need for reduction among children with forearm fractures is significantly associated with male sex and major mechanisms of trauma but not with high weight status. Strategies to reduce severe forearm fractures should focus on preventing major mechanisms of trauma.
AB - Background: High weight status is associated with increased forearm fracture risk but its relationship to severity of fracture has not been evaluated. We compared the epidemiology of children's forearmfractures treated with fracture reduction to those not treated with reduction, hypothesizing that high weight status would be significantly associated with need for reduction. Methods: This is a case-control study including Washington, DC children, ages 2 to 17 years, treated for isolated forearm fractures in an urban, tertiary care pediatric emergency department from 2003 to 2006. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were conducted to compare patients with forearm fracture reductions to nonintervention controls. Results: Of 888 forearm fractures, 330 (37.2%) required reduction (cases) whereas 558 (64.8%) did not (controls). Cases were more likely than controls to be male [adjusted odds ratio, 1.67 (95% confidence interval, 1.112.50)] and to have experienced a more severe mechanism of trauma [adjusted odds ratio, 2.11 (95% confidence interval, 1.143.90)]. The groups did not differ in weight status, age, or race/ethnicity. Conclusions: The need for reduction among children with forearm fractures is significantly associated with male sex and major mechanisms of trauma but not with high weight status. Strategies to reduce severe forearm fractures should focus on preventing major mechanisms of trauma.
KW - child injury
KW - forearm displacement
KW - forearm fracture
KW - forearm reduction
KW - obesity
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U2 - 10.1097/JIM.0000000000000185
DO - 10.1097/JIM.0000000000000185
M3 - Article
C2 - 25738647
AN - SCOPUS:84926140485
SN - 1708-8267
VL - 63
SP - 649
EP - 652
JO - Journal of Investigative Medicine
JF - Journal of Investigative Medicine
IS - 4
ER -