BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: This is a retrospective review of the pediatric all-terrain vehicle @entity130 victims who presented to the five major @entity130 centers serving the state of West Virginia during the 5-year period from January 1991 to December 1995. The purpose of this research is to characterize the nature of the @entity130 and the individuals injured to better appreciate the magnitude of the problem of @entity11254 -related @entity130 in the pediatric population. METHODS: This study is a retrospective review of these 218 consecutive pediatric @entity1 from @entity130 registry data and their medical records. RESULTS: Two hundred eighteen @entity1 between the ages of 2 years and 16 years presented during the study period. @entity1 outnumbered @entity1 three to one. The average Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 8.76, the average Glasgow @entity772 Score (GCS) was 14.4, and the average @entity130 Score (TS) was 15.2. The most common @entity130 were orthopedic followed by head and @entity8494 . The majority of the @entity1 did not wear helmets, and their @entity130 resulted in an average hospital length of stay of 4.3 days. Thirty-eight percent of the @entity1 required surgery. There were a total of four deaths for a mortality rate of 1.8%. The estimated total hospitalization cost for the 218 @entity1 was  1,918,400.00. CONCLUSIONS: All-terrain vehicle-related @entity130 remains an ongoing safety concern facing society today. Every physician who cares for @entity1 should address this important issue when talking to @entity1 and parents about safety issues and injury prevention.

XXXX : a 5-year statewide experience.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Boys', 'patients', 'girls'] @entity11254 :: ('265294', 'Species') :: ['ATV'] @entity772 :: ('MESH:D003128', 'Disease') :: ['Coma'] @entity8494 :: ('MESH:D005151', 'Disease') :: ['facial injuries'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['injuries', 'Trauma', 'trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['Pediatric all-terrain vehicle trauma']
