Child morbidity as described by hospital admissions for primary school aged children in Tonga 2009-2013.

Aims: To describe inpatient utilisation patterns for primary school aged children in Tonga.

Methods: We described admissions for children aged 5-11 years to the main hospital in Tonga from January 2009 to December 2013. Rates with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were compared using rate ratios (RR).

Perinatal Risk and Protective Factors for Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: A Multicenter Case-Control Study.

Objective: To estimate associations between factors recorded in pregnancy and the first week of life and subsequent abusive head trauma.

Study Design: Multicenter, retrospective case-control study of perinatal records from 142 cases of abusive head trauma and 550 controls, matched by date and hospital of birth from 1991 to 2010. Multiple logistic regression assessed the relationship between perinatal exposures and abusive head trauma.