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Every year in the United States, approximately 25,000 children die as the result of a traumatic brain injury [1]. The majority of these injuries are caused by motor vehicle accidents, either occupant or pedestrian. Overall, falls are second in frequency, most involving falls from heights. Sports and recreation activities are third in frequency, most commonly due to bicycle accidents not involving an accident with a motor vehicle [2]. Increasingly, firearms are a common cause of brain injury. One study showed that central nervous system injury was a leading cause of death in firearm incidents in children [3].
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Moloney-Harmon, P.A. (1996). Nursing Aspects of Head-Injured Children. In: Tibboel, D., van der Voort, E. (eds) Intensive Care in Childhood. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80227-0_17
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