No place like home: A national study on firearm-related injuries in the American household

Authors

Napaporn Kongkaewpaisan, Harvard Medical School
Majed El Hechi, Harvard Medical School
Mohamad El Moheb, Harvard Medical School
Claudia P. Orlas, Harvard Medical School
Gezzer Ortega, Harvard Medical School
Melissa A. Mendoza, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Jonathan Parks, Harvard Medical School
Noelle N. Saillant, Harvard Medical School
Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, Harvard Medical School
April E. Mendoza, Harvard Medical School

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-30-2020

Publication Title

American Journal of Surgery

Abstract

Phrase for Table of Contents: In an ACS-TQIP analysis of firearm-related injuries occurring at home, assault was the most prevalent mode of injury that required hospitalization, unintentional injury was the least prevalent, and intentional self-injury was the most lethal. Independent associations between age, race, psychiatric illness, and drug-use disorders and cause of injury were identified.

First Page

1599

Last Page

1604

PubMed ID

32409008

Volume

220

Issue

6

Recommended Citation

Kongkaewpaisan, Napaporn; El Hechi, Majed; El Moheb, Mohamad; Orlas, Claudia P.; Ortega, Gezzer; Mendoza, Melissa A.; Parks, Jonathan; Saillant, Noelle N.; Kaafarani, Haytham M.A.; and Mendoza, April E., "No place like home: A national study on firearm-related injuries in the American household" (2020). School of Public Health Faculty Publications. 279.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/soph_facpubs/279
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.04.030