Epidemiology and Trends over Time of Foreign Body Injuries in the Pediatric Emergency Department

• Main Authors: Honoria Ocagli (Author), Danila Azzolina (Author), Silvia Bressan (Author), Daniele Bottigliengo (Author), Elisabetta Settin (Author), Giulia Lorenzoni (Author), Dario Gregori (Author), Liviana Da Dalt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper presents the epidemiology of foreign body injuries in the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) of Padova (Italy) along with its trends over an eleven-year period based on administrative data. Annual incidence rates (IRs) of PED presentations for foreign body (FB) injuries per 1000 person-...