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Healthy Child Fall/Winter 2003

Safety Alert: Certain Injuries More Common At Certain Ages

When researchers looked at more than 23,000 injuries from birth to 3 years of age, they found that the most common type of injury changed depending upon age. The study, published in a June 2003 issue of Pediatrics, found falls, poisoning, transportation, foreign body and fires/burns to be the major causes of childhood injury, in descending order.

The highest overall injury rate occurred in children 15 to 17 months, a time when children are mobile and able to access hazards by walking and exploring, but are unable to recognize danger.

Other leading causes of injury per age group include:

• Birth to two months — falls
• 3 to 5 months — battering
• 6 to 8 months — falls from furniture
• 12 to 17 months — hot liquid and vapor injuries
• 18 to 35 — poisoning by medication
• 36 to 47 months — pedestrian injury (injuries sustained while walking near moving vehicles)

As children develop, their risk of injury changes. Make sure to be aware of and prepared for each stage of your child's life.

NEW PHYSICIANS AT THE PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CENTER
The Saint Barnabas Pediatric Specialty Center at the Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center is pleased to welcome the following physicians:

Stanley Einzig, M.D., Ph.D. — Director of the Pediatric Echocardiography Lab at Children’s Cardiac Center. Dr. Einzig was Section Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. A professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, and was Vice-Chair of Research for the Department of Pediatrics.

Mark Paul Faber, M.D. — Director of the Division of Pediatric Psychiatry at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Dr. Faber is a consultant at the Children’s Institute. He is board-certified in adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. This new division treats young patients in a range of areas, including depression, anxiety, ADHD and autism.

Alan M. Langsner, M.D. — Chief of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Co-Director, Children’s Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Dr. Langsner has more than 22 years of experience in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, including 16 years as a pediatric cardiologist in private practice.

Claire K. McMahon, M.D. — Pediatric Cardiologist on staff at The Children’s Cardiac Center. Dr. McMahon comes from North Shore University Hospital, Division of Pediatric Cardiology; Manhasset, NY.

Brian K. O’Connor, M.D. — Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Services Children’s Cardiac Center. Dr. O’Connor was Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, New York University Medical Center, and also served as the Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology.

For an appointment with any of these physicians, please call The Saint Barnabas Pediatric Specialty Center at (973) 322-7600.

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