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Table 3 Description of Findings in Ocular Injuries Secondary to Self-Inflicted Intent in Pediatric Trauma, National Trauma Data Bank (2008-2014)

From: A comparison of pediatric ocular injuries based on intention in patients admitted with trauma

Characteristic

Number

Percentage (%)

Characteristic

Number

Percentage (%)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Year

  

Age

  

17.0 (3.4)

18.0(16-19)

2008

45

10.3

0-3

7

1.6

  

2009

51

11.7

4-6

5

1.1

  

2010

58

13.3

7-11

16

3.7

  

2011

67

15.3

12-18

249

57.0

  

2012

72

16.5

19-21

160

36.6

  

2013

63

14.4

     

2014

81

18.5

     
   

Injury Severity Score

  

21.0 (11.8)

22.0 (13-29)

Gender

  

≤l5

137

31.3

  

Male

352

80.5

16-25

93

21.3

  

Female

85

19.5

>25

194

44.4

  
   

Unknown

13

3.0

  

Race

       

Black

51

11.7

     

White

297

68

GCS

  

8.3 (5.4)

6.0 (3-15)

Other

89

20.4

≤8

223

51.0

  
   

9-12

26

5.9

  

Ethnicity

  

13-15

155

35.5

  

Hispanic

56

12.8

Unknown

33

7.6

  

Injury Type

  

Common Injuries

    

Penetrating

258

59.0

Contusion eye/adnexa

115

26.3

  

Blunt

95

21.7

Orbital

186

42.6

  

Other

78

17.8

Open adnexa wound

66

15.1

  
   

Superficial

43

9.8

  

Traumatic Brain Injury

341

78.0

Open wound eyeball

91

20.8

  

Mortality

87

19.9

Visual pathway

45

10.3

  
   

Related cranial nerves

13

3.0

  
  1. SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, GCS Glasgow Coma Score