Injuries in the time of COVID-19.

Introduction: Research has shown that during the 2003 SARS pandemic, emergency department (ED) visits among the pediatric population decreased. We set out to investigate if this was also true for injury-related ED visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Using data from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), we looked at 28 years of injury-related ED visits at the Montreal Children's Hospital, a provincially designated Pediatric Trauma Centre.

Determining the accuracy of the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program for the representation of the rates of mild traumatic brain injuries in Quebec.

Introduction: The recent rise in mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) in the pediatric population has been documented by many studies in Canada and the United States. The objective of our study was to compare mTBI rates from the Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) in Montréal with population-based rates (Quebec mTBI rates).

Methods: We calculated CHIRPP's mTBI rates via two methods: (1) using all CHIRPP injuries as the denominator; and (2) using the number of children aged 0 to 17 years living within 5 km of either of two CHIRPP centres in Montréal as the denominator.

Rates of concussions and minor head injuries in Quebec, 2003 and 2016, in children under 18 years old, and comparisons with Ontario's rates of mild traumatic brain injuries.

Objectives: Increases of mild traumatic brain injuries in children have been reported in the USA and Ontario over the past decade. The main objective of this study is to calculate the pediatric rates of mild traumatic brain injury in Quebec, and our second objective is to compare them with those in Ontario.

Methods: Analysts from the Régie de l'Assurance Maladie du Québec (RAMQ, Quebec Health Insurance Board) compiled tables, by age and sex, of all medical services for mild traumatic brain injuries (concussions and minor head injuries) between 2003 and 2016.

An evaluation of the impact of FIFA World Cup on soccer emergency department injuries among Montreal adolescents.

Aim: The 'trickle-down effect', or how major sports events have a positive impact on sports participation, has been the subject of many studies, but none produced conclusive results. We took a different approach and rather than look at sports participation, we used injuries as a proxy and see if injuries increased, or remained the same, after the International Federation of Association Football World Cup.

Methods: Using a retrospective cohort design, we looked at the injuries suffered by males and females (13-16 years old) while playing team sports in Montreal, that occurred in May to July, from 1999 to 2014.

A 20-Year Comparison of Football-Related Injuries in American and Canadian Youth Aged 6 to 17 Years: A Replication Study.

Introduction Little is known about Canadian youth football injuries. The objectives of this study were (a) to contrast the injuries in Canadian and American football players aged 6 to 17 years and (b) compare the injuries sustained during organized football with those in nonorganized football. Methods Using a retrospective cohort design based on data from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System a comparison of injuries was made.

Longboard and skateboard injuries.

Introduction: The causes and events related to skateboarding injuries have been widely documented. However, little is known about longboard-related injuries. With five deaths linked to longboarding in the United States and Canada in 2012, some cities are already considering banning the practice.

Ringette-related injuries in young female players.

Objective: To document the injuries sustained during organized ringette games.

Design: Retrospective data.

Setting: Canadian Children's Hospital Emergency Department.

Playground equipment injuries at home versus those in public settings: differences in severity.

The objective of the present research was to compare the severity of playground-related injuries in backyards of home with those occurring in public settings. This case-control study used emergency-based surveillance data from Canada regarding children, 3-11 years old, who were injured after falling from playground equipment (PGE). Cases were those whose injuries occurred at home (backyards), and controls were those whose injuries occurred in parks, schools or daycare centres.

Impact of a celebrity death on children's injury-related emergency room visits.

Objectives: To determine whether a sharp increase in Emergency Room (ER) visits at the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) during the week following the death of Natasha Richardson from a skiing-related head injury was a) statistically significant and b) related to media coverage of the event. We postulated that there would be less coverage in the French media and in centres west of Quebec.

Methods: We compared the number of visits to the MCH ER for 10 weeks beginning March 5 and recorded the number for head-related injuries.

Association between severity of musculoskeletal injury and risk of subsequent injury in children and adolescents on the basis of parental recall.

Objectives: To describe the frequency of subsequent injuries in children who were seen at an emergency department (ED) for a musculoskeletal injury and to explore factors associated with sustaining a subsequent injury within a year.

Design: This was a prospective cohort study of children aged 1 through 17 years who sought care at an ED for an injury. Subsequent injuries were assessed through telephone interviews.