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Data on all patients who were younger than 18 years and were hospitalized from October 1, 2000, to December 31, 2001, for injuries sustained in a terrorist attack were obtained from the Israel National Trauma Registry. The parameters evaluated were patient age and sex, diagnosis, type, mechanism and severity of injury, interhospital transfer, stay in intensive care unit, duration of hospitalization, and need for rehabilitation. Findings were compared with the general pediatric population hospitalized for non-terror-related trauma within the same time period.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. During the study period, 138 children were hospitalized for a terror-related injury and 8363 for a non-terror-related injury. The study group was significantly older (mean age: 12.3 years [standard deviation: 5.1] v 6.9 years [standard deviation: 5.3]) and sustained proportionately more penetrating injuries (54% [n = 74] vs 9% [n = 725]). Differences were also noted in the proportion of internal injuries to the torso (11% in the patients with terror-related trauma vs 4% in those with non-terror-related injuries), open wounds to the head (13% vs 6%), and critical injuries (Injury Severity Score of 25+; 25% vs 3%). The study group showed greater use of intensive care unit facilities (33% vs 8% in the comparison group), longer median hospitalization time (5 days vs 2 days), and greater need for rehabilitative care (17% vs 1%).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. Terror-related injuries are more severe than non-terror-related injuries and increase the demand for acute care in children.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.112.4.e280","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,8,14]],"date-time":"2004-08-14T00:43:47Z","timestamp":1092444227000},"page":"e280-e280","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":90,"title":["Epidemiology of Terror-Related Versus Non-Terror-Related Traumatic Injury in Children"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"112","author":[{"given":"Limor","family":"Aharonson-Daniel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Services Research"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yehezkel","family":"Waisman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Emergency Medicine, Schneider Children\u2019s Medical Center of Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yehuda L.","family":"Dannon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Barbara and David Kipper Institute of Immunology, Schneider Children\u2019s Medical Center of Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kobi","family":"Peleg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Services Research"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"name":"Members of the Israel Trauma Group","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2003,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021121003412347100_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Quintana DA, Jordan FB, Tuggle DW, Mantor PC, Tunell WP. 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