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The cohort included patients referred to the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary medical center in 2014\u20132020 for injuries sustained while riding an E-bike or P-scooter. Data were collected from the medical files on demographics, clinical characteristics including pre-existing comorbidities and permanent use of medications, and injury characteristics. Findings were compared between patients referred for hospitalization from the ED and patients discharged home. Results: Of the 1234 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 202 (16.4%) had a prior medical condition and 167 (13.5%) were taking medication on a permanent basis. A significant relationship was found between hospitalization and having a medical condition (\ud835\udf122(1) = 9.20, p = 0.002) or taking medication on a permanent basis (\ud835\udf122(1) = 6.24, p = 0.01). Hospitalization for injuries was more likely in patients with a comorbidity (27.8%) than those without a comorbidity (15.5%), and in patients who were on permanent drug therapy (22.2%) than in patients who were not (12.9%). Surprisingly, anticoagulant intake specifically had no effect on the probability of hospital admission. Conclusions: Patients with comorbidities have a higher incidence of hospitalization for E-bike- and P-scooter-associated injuries. Therefore, physicians may take into account comorbidities for the effective management of this patient group\u2019s injuries.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina58050659","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,14]],"date-time":"2022-05-14T09:27:56Z","timestamp":1652520476000},"page":"659","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of Comorbidities on Hospitalization for Injuries in Riders of Electric Bikes and Powered Scooters: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"58","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5357-3713","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yafit","family":"Hamzani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center\u2014Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva 4941492, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Helena","family":"Demetriou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center\u2014Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva 4941492, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adi","family":"Zelnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Maccabi-Dent, Holon 5810001, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nir","family":"Cohen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center\u2014Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva 4941492, Israel"},{"name":"Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael J.","family":"Drescher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Rabin Medical Center\u2014Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva 4941492, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9176-4978","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gavriel","family":"Chaushu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rabin Medical Center\u2014Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva 4941492, Israel"},{"name":"The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7853-2486","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bahaa Haj","family":"Yahya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Oral and Maxillofacial Private Clinic, Herzliya 4685107, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"524","DOI":"10.1136\/injuryprev-2019-043418","article-title":"Injuries associated with electric-powered bikes and scooters: Analysis of US consumer product data","volume":"26","author":"DiMaggio","year":"2019","journal-title":"Inj. 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