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ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2018

Dog bites in a U.S. county: age, body part and breed in paediatric dog bites.

Sriram Ramgopal, Lauren Bealafeld Brungo, Michael R Bykowski, Raymond D Pitetti, Robert W Hickey

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Article in Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sriram RamgopalDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Lauren Bealafeld BrungoInfectious Disease Program, Bureau of Community Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Michael R BykowskiDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Raymond D PitettiDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Robert W HickeyDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh · USAllegheny County · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001857 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2016 to 2025
$129.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001857
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo compare characteristics of gender, age, body part and breed in dog bites.

methodsWe reviewed 14 956 dog bites (4195 paediatric) reported to the Allegheny County Health Department, USA, between 2007 and 2015. Using predefined age groups, we performed linear regression to assess for subject age and bite frequency and used binary logistic regression to evaluate for differences in gender and body part. We used chi-squared test with Bonferroni correction to evaluate for differences in reported breeds with age.

resultsThere was a negative correlation (-0.80, r

conclusionDog bites occur with higher frequency at younger ages, and head and neck injuries are more common in younger children. Pit bull bites are more common in adolescents and Shih-Tzu bites more common in younger children.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsBites and StingsChildChild, PreschoolDogsFemaleHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedPennsylvaniaRetrospective StudiesBiteCanineChildDogPaediatric

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PMID29331048
PMCPMC8278816
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