Temporal trends and characteristics of fall-related deaths, hospitalizations and emergency department visits among older adults in Canada.

Falls among older adults (aged 65 years and older) are a public health concern in Canada. Fall-related injuries can cause a reduction in quality of life among older adults, and death. They also entail substantial health care costs.

An interrupted time series analysis of trends in opioid-related emergency department visits from pre-COVID-19 pandemic to pandemic, from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program.

Background: Opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits in Canada increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but how trends in volume and case severity changed from pre-pandemic times through the pandemic is not known. Trends in ED visits related to specific types of opioids also remain unclear. Our objective was to describe pre-pandemic trends and how they changed with the onset of COVID-19 and thereafter.

Self-reported concussions in Canada: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health concern impacting the lives of many Canadians. Among all TBIs, concussions are the most common. However, to date, the incidence of concussions among the Canadian population, has remained unknown.

Sentinel surveillance of substance-related self-harm in Canadian emergency departments, 2011 - 19.

Introduction: Self-harm is a public health concern that can result in serious injury or death. This study provides an overview of emergency department (ED) visits for patients presenting with substance-related self-harm.

Methods: Cases of self-harm in the electronic Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (eCHIRPP) database were extracted (April 2011 to September 2019; N = 15,682), using various search strategies to identify substance-related self-harm cases for patients 10 years and older.

Surveillance from the high ground: sentinel surveillance of injuries and poisonings associated with cannabis.

Introduction: In October 2018, Canada legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis for adults. The aim of our study was to present a more recent temporal pattern of cannabis-related injuries and poisonings found in the electronic Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (eCHIRPP) database and provide a descriptive summary of the injury characteristics of cannabis-related cases captured in a nine-year period.

Methods: We conducted a search for cannabis-related cases in the eCHIRPP database reported between April 2011 and August 2019.