Background The relationship between individual/socioeconomic characteristics and firearm injury risk in an urban center was evaluated. Methods A hospital registry was used to identify individuals in Baltimore City who experienced interpersonal firearm injury in...
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many social conditions associated with violence. The objective of this systematic review was to examine trends in hospital reported violent trauma associated with the pandemic. Methods Databases were searched...
Background Violent trauma has lasting psychological impacts. Our institution’s Community Violence Response Team (CVRT) offers mental health services to trauma victims. We characterized implementation and determined factors associated with utilization by pediatric...
Background Firearm injuries have the highest case-fatality rate among pediatric trauma related deaths. We sought to determine whether demographics, mechanism of injury, and outcomes were age specific. Methods We performed a 5 year retrospective analysis of...
