J 2012

Stationery injuries in the upper aerodigestive system: Results from the Susy Safe Project

FOLTRAN, Francesca, Paola BERCHIALLA, Dario GREGORI, Anne PITKARANTA, Ivo ŠLAPÁK et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Stationery injuries in the upper aerodigestive system: Results from the Susy Safe Project

Autoři

FOLTRAN, Francesca, Paola BERCHIALLA, Dario GREGORI, Anne PITKARANTA, Ivo ŠLAPÁK, Janka JAKUBÍKOVÁ, Luisa BELLUSSI a Desiderio PASSALI

Vydání

International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2012, 0165-5876

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30200 3.2 Clinical medicine

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.350

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

UT WoS

000303901500014

Klíčová slova anglicky

Foreign body injuries; Stationery; Children

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 23. 4. 2014 14:58, Soňa Böhmová

Anotace

V originále

Rationale and aim: Foreign body (FB) injuries are a relatively frequent event in young children. Clinical picture can be evidently affected from different variables. Among those size, shape, type and FB location cover an important issue. Increased attempts have been made in order to encourage normative interventions for products devoted to children's care and entertainment, reaching acceptable safety level; on the contrary, fewer efforts have been devoted to investigate the risk associated to objects that - even if not expressly created for children - are easy accessed by children, like stationery. Conclusions: Injuries are events that in many cases can be prevented with appropriate strategies. Passive environmental strategies, including product modification by manufacturers, are the most effective. However, regulation regarding small parts of potentially dangerous objects covers products addressed to children use but objects not projected for children, such as stationary items, are excluded. Our study testifies that stationary is involved in a non-negligible percentage of FB injuries, mainly due to insertion in the ears. Frequently, injuries happen under adult supervision. These results confirm the fact that when passive preventive strategies are not practical, active strategies that promote behavior change are necessary and information about this issue should be included in all visits to family pediatricians.