Publications

Here is a catalogue of injury prevention publications from our collaborators and the George Washington University community of injury prevention researchers:

Razzak JA, Bhatti J, Wright K, Nyirenda M, Tahir MR, Hyder AA. Improvement in trauma care for road traffic injuries: an assessment of the effect on mortality in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2022 Jun;0(0). 

Vecino-Ortiz AI, Nagarajan M, Elaraby S, Guzman-Tordecilla DN, Paichadze N, Hyder AA. Saving lives through road safety risk factor interventions: global and national estimates. Lancet. 2022 Jun;0(0). 

Hyder AA, Hoe C, Hijar M, Peden M. The political and social contexts of global road safety: challenges for the next decade. Lancet. 2022 Jun;0(0). 

Reid NE, Johnson-Arbor K, Smolinske S, Litovitz T. 2020 webPOISONCONTROL data summary. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Apr 1;54:184–95.

Donnelly KA, Badolato GM, Goyal MK. Determining Intentionality of Pediatric Firearm Injuries by International Classification of Disease Code. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Jan 1;38(1):E306–9.

Peir GH, Fink A, Mantasas N, Cheng JJ, Worten K, Shah RK. Slips, Trips, and Falls: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2022 Mar 1;7(2):e550.

Pulcini CD, Goyal MK, De Souza HG, Davidson A, Hall M, Chaudhary S, et al. A firearm violence research methodologic pitfall to avoid. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Mar 25.

Trevino J, Rizvanolli L, Yarrow MO, Christian EL, Chhabra N, Kaminsky MJ. Survey of firearm injury victims suggests a role for social media in violence prevention programs. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 May 12.

Mulcahy LB, Goyal MK, Cohen J. Documentation of Firearm Safety Screening During Emergency Department Visits for Assault-Related Injury. Health Promot Pract. 2021 Jul 31.

Ma T, Peden AE, Peden M, Hyder AA, Jagnoor J, Duan L, et al. Out of the silos: embedding injury prevention into the Sustainable Development Goals. Inj Prev. 2021 Apr 1;27(2):166–71.

Schultz BRE, Hoffmann JA, Clancy C, Ramgopal S. Hospital encounters for pediatric ingestions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clin Toxicol. 2021 Apr 29;60(2):269–71.

Reeping PM, Morrison CN, Rudolph KE, Goyal MK, Branas CC. A comparison and analysis of seven gun law permissiveness scales. Inj Epidemiol. 2021 Jan 18;8(1):2.

Kline JN, Badolato GM, Goyal MK. Trends in Pediatric Poisoning-Related Emergency Department Visits: 2001-2011. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Jan 1;37(1):E7–12. 

Kendi S, Winkels JL, Chamberlain JM, Macy ML. An Adapted Child Safety Seat Hassles Score Is Associated With Suboptimal Child Passenger Safety Behaviors Among Parents. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Feb 10;21(5):892–9.

Straughan AJ, Pasick LJ, Gupta V, Benito DA, Goodman JF, Zapanta PE. Feel the Burn! Fireworks-related Otolaryngologic Trauma. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021 Apr 9;130(12):34894211008100.

Pulcini CD, Goyal MK, Hall M, De Souza HG, Chaudhary S, Alpern ER, et al. Mental Health Utilization and Expenditures for Children Pre-Post Firearm Injury. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Mar 17;61(1):133–5.

Cohen JS, Donnelly K, Patel SJ, Badolato GM, Boyle MD, McCarter R, et al. Firearms Injuries Involving Young Children in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2021 Apr 13;148(1).

Pulcini CD, Goyal MK, Hall M, Gruhler De Souza H, Chaudhary S, Alpern ER, et al. Nonfatal firearm injuries: Utilization and expenditures for children pre- and postinjury. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Mar 17.

Bland ML, McNally C, Cicchino JB, Zuby DS, Mueller BC, McCarthy ML, et al. Laboratory Reconstructions of Bicycle Helmet Damage: Investigation of Cyclist Head Impacts Using Oblique Impacts and Computed Tomography. Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Dec 1;48(12):2783–95. 

Maghami S, Hendrix C, Matecki M, Mahendran K, Amdur R, Mitchell R, et al. Comparison of the causes of death and wounding patterns in urban firearm-related violence and civilian public mass shooting events. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Feb 1;88(2):310.

Shah AA, Sandler A, Nizam W, Kane T, Williams M, Cornwell EE, et al. National Estimates and Factors Influencing Trauma Recidivism in Children Leading to Hospital Readmission. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Aug 1;55(8):1579–84.

Kartiko S, Jeremitsky E, Cripps MW, Konderwicz I, Jarosz E, Minshall CT. Fall prevention initiative: A fall screening and intervention pilot study on the ambulatory setting. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Jan 1;88(1):101–5.

Donnelly KA, Patel SJ, Goyal MK. Never Just a Shot in the Dark: Pediatric Firearm Advocacy. Clin Pediatr Emerg Med. 2020 Sep 3;21(2):100777.

Cicchino JB, McCarthy ML, Newgard CD, Wall SP, DiMaggio CJ, Kulie PE, et al. Not all protected bike lanes are the same: Infrastructure and risk of cyclist collisions and falls leading to emergency department visits in three U.S. cities. Accid Anal Prev. 2020 Jun 1;141:105490. 

Douglass K, Paichadze N, Ankrah Odame E, Addo W, Hyder AA. Emergency care for all people-A call for action in Africa. Injury. 2020 Feb 1;51(2):130–1.

Siegel R, Sarani B, Meltzer AC. Delayed presentation of a firearm injury in a patient with recent use of phencyclidine: A case report. Trauma Case Reports. 2020 Feb 1;25.

Cunningham RM, Carter PM, Ranney ML, Walton M, Zeoli AM, Alpern ER, et al. Prevention of Firearm Injuries among Children and Adolescents: Consensus-Driven Research Agenda from the Firearm Safety among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Aug 1;173(8):780–9.

Hyder AA. Measurement is not enough for global road safety: implementation is key. Lancet Public Heal. 2019 Jan 1;4(1):e12–3.

Alonge O, Agrawal P, Meddings D, Hyder AA. A systematic approach to injury policy assessment: Introducing the assessment of child injury prevention policies (A-CHIPP). Inj Prev. 2019 Jun 1;25(3):199–205.

Mehmood A, Taber N, Bachani AM, Gupta S, Paichadze N, Hyder AA. Paper Versus Digital Data Collection for Road Safety Risk Factors: Reliability Comparative Analysis From Three Cities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Med Internet Res. 2019 May 1;21(5).

Sarani B, Smith ER. Dedicated Firearm Injury Research Infrastructure Is Needed: In Reply to Gambhir. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Aug 1;229(2):221.

Smith ER, Sarani B, Shapiro G, Gondek S, Rivas L, Ju T, et al. Incidence and Cause of Potentially Preventable Death after Civilian Public Mass Shooting in the US. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Sep 1;229(3):244.

Goyal MK, Badolato GM, Patel SJ, Iqbal SF, Parikh K, McCarter R. State Gun Laws and Pediatric Firearm-Related Mortality. Pediatrics. 2019 Aug 1;144(2).

Siu G, Batte A, Tibingana B, Otwombe K, Sekiwunga R, Paichadze N. Mothers’ perception of childhood injuries, child supervision and care practices for children 0-5 years in a peri-urban area in Central Uganda; implications for prevention of childhood injuries. Inj Epidemiol. 2019 Aug 1;6(1).

Sarani B, Smith ER. A Holistic Approach to Firearm Legislation Is Needed: In reply to de Jager and colleagues. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Sep 1;229(3):324.

Sikka N, Vila C, Stratton M, Ghassemi M, Pourmand A. Sharing the sidewalk: A case of E-scooter related pedestrian injury. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Jun 8;37(9):1807.e5-1807.e7.

Zeoli AM, Goldstick J, Mauri A, Wallin M, Goyal M, Cunningham R. The association of firearm laws with firearm outcomes among children and adolescents: a scoping review. J Behav Med. 2019 Aug 1;42(4):741.

McLaughlin C, Zagory JA, Fenlon M, Park C, Lane CJ, Meeker D, et al. Timing of mortality in pediatric trauma patients: A National Trauma Data Bank analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb 1;53(2):344–51.

Mehmood A, Maung Z, Consunji RJ, El-Menyar A, Peralta R, Al-Thani H, et al. Work related injuries in Qatar: a framework for prevention and control. J Occup Med Toxicol. 2018 Sep 5;13(1).

Mehmood A, Agrawal P, Allen KA, Al-Kashmiri A, Al-Busaidi A, Hyder AA. Childhood injuries in Oman: retrospective review of a multicentre trauma registry data. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2018 Nov 1;2(1):e000310.

Goolsby C, Jacobs L, Hunt RC, Goralnick E, Singletary EM, Levy MJ, et al. Stop the Bleed Education Consortium: Education program content and delivery recommendations. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jan 1;84(1):205.

Li Q, Peng J, Chen T, Yu Y, Hyder AA. Seatbelt wearing rate in a Chinese city: Results from multi-round cross-sectional studies. Accid Anal Prev. 2018 Dec 1;121:279–84.

Pourmand A, Liao J, Pines JM, Mazer-Amirshahi M. Segway® Personal Transporter-Related Injuries: A Systematic Literature Review and Implications for Acute and Emergency Care. J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan 8;54(5):630–5.

Bachani AM, Taber N, Mehmood A, Hung YW, Botchey I, Al-Kashmiri A, et al. Adolescent and Young Adult Injuries in Developing Economies: A Comparative Analysis from Oman and Kenya. Ann Glob Heal. 2017 Sep 1;83(5–6):791–802.

McLaughlin C, Zagory JA, Fenlon M, Park C, Lane CJ, Meeker D, et al. Timing of mortality in pediatric trauma patients: A National Trauma Data Bank analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Jan 1;53(2):344–51.

Pourmand A, Lombardi K, Kuhl E, O’Connell F. Videogame-Related Illness and Injury: A Review of the Literature and Predictions for Pokémon GO! Games Health J. 2017 Feb 1;6(1):9.

Kuhls DA, Campbell BT, Burke PA, Allee L, Hink A, Letton RW, et al. Survey of American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma members on firearm injury: Consensus and opportunities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 May 1;82(5):877.

Sikka N, Robinson H, Little C, Pourmand A. ED approach to electrical toothbrush associated hand injury, a unique case of non-oropharyngeal injury. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Apr 1;35(4):667.e3-667.e5.

Mehmood A, Chana E, Allen K, Al-Kashmiri A, Al-Busaidi A, Al-Abri J, et al. Development of an mHealth trauma registry in the Middle East using an implementation science framework. Glob Health Action. 2017 Jan 1;10(1).

Zonfrillo MR, Macy ML, Cook LJ, Funai T, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, et al. Anticipated resource utilization for injury versus non-injury pediatric visits to emergency departments. Inj Epidemiol. 2016 Jan 1;3(1).

Zocchi MS, Hsia RY, Carr BG, Sarani B, Pines JM. Comparison of Mortality and Costs at Trauma and Nontrauma Centers for Minor and Moderately Severe Injuries in California. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 1;67(1):56-67.e5.

Smith ER, Shapiro G, Sarani B. The profile of wounding in civilian public mass shooting fatalities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Jul 1;81(1):86.

Stanley IH, Horowitz LM, Bridge JA, Wharff EA, Pao M, Teach SJ. Bullying and Suicide Risk Among Pediatric Emergency Department Patients. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Jun 1;32(6):347–51.

Mazer-Amirshahi M, Sun C, Mullins P, Perrone J, Nelson L, Pines JM. Trends in Emergency Department Resource Utilization for Poisoning-Related Visits, 2003-2011. J Med Toxicol. 2016 Jun 24;12(3):248–54.

Pourmand A, Li A, Yiu A, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Shokoohi H. Survival after profound acidosis and rhabdomyolysis due to dietary supplement use. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 May 24;34(11):2259.e1-2259.e3.

Hyder AA, Paichadze N, Toroyan T, Peden MM. Monitoring the Decade of Action for Global Road Safety 2011–2020: An update. Glob Public Health. 2016 Dec 2;12(12):1492–505.

Litovitz T, Benson BE, Smolinske S. webPOISONCONTROL: can poison control be automated? Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun 7;34(8):1614–9.

Macy ML, Zonfrillo MR, Cook LJ, Funai T, Goldstick J, Stanley RM, et al. Patient- and community-level sociodemographic characteristics associated with emergency department visits for childhood injury. J Pediatr. 2015 Jun 30;167(3):711-718.e4.

Riley CL, Sarani B, Sullivan JA, Upperman JS, Kane-Gill SL, Bailey H. Critical Violent Injury in the United States: A Review and Call to Action. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov 1;43(11):2460.

Sathya C, Alali AS, Wales PW, Scales DC, Karanicolas PJ, Burd RS, et al. Mortality Among Injured Children Treated at Different Trauma Center Types. JAMA Surg. 2015 Sep 1;150(9):874–81.

Mousavi B, Soroush MR, Masoumi M, Khateri S, Modirian E, Shokoohi H, et al. Epidemiological study of child casualties of landmines and unexploded ordnances: A national study from Iran. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Aug 19;30(5):472–7.

Jatana K, Litovitz T, Reilly J, Koltai P, Rider G, Jacobs I. Pediatric button battery injuries: 2013 task force update. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Sep 1;Volume 77.

Bennett A, Pourmand A, Shesser R, Sanchez J, Joyce J. Impacts of social networking sites on patient care in the emergency department. Telemed e-Health. 2013 Jan 1.

Ashwell Z, McKay M, Brubacher J, Gareau A. The epidemiology of Mountain Bike Park injuries at the Whistler Bike Park, British Columbia (BC), Canada. Wilderness Environ Med. 2012 Jun 1;Volume 23.

Pourmand A, Wang J, Mazer M. A survey of poison control centers worldwide. DARU, J Pharm Sci. 2012 Jan 1;Volume 20.

Boniface K, McKay M, Lucas R, Shaffer A, Sikka N. Serious injuries related to the Segway personal transporter: a case series. Emerg Med Fac Publ. 2011 Jan 1;57(4).

Singer S, Ryan L. Association between upper extremity fractures and weight status in children. Emerg Med Fac Publ. 2011 Jan 1;27(8).

Litovitz T, Whitaker N, Clark L, White NC, Marsolek M. Emerging Battery-Ingestion Hazard: Clinical Implications. Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 1;125(6):1168–77.

Marsolek MR, White NC, Litovitz TL. Inhalant Abuse: Monitoring Trends by Using Poison Control Data, 1993–2008. Pediatrics. 2010 May 1;125(5):906–13.

Litovitz T, Whitaker N, Clark L. Preventing Battery Ingestions: An Analysis of 8648 Cases. Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 1;125(6):1178–83.

McKay MP, Coben JH, Larkin GL, Shaffer A. Attitudes of Teenagers and Their Parents to Pennsylvania’s Graduated Driver Licensing System. Traffic Inj Prev. 2008 May;9(3):217–23.

Burford AE, Ryan LM, Stone BJ, Hirshon JM, Klein BL. Drowning and near-drowning in children and adolescents: A succinct review for emergency physicians and nurses. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005 Sep;21(9):610–7.

McKay MP, Garrison HG. Commentary: Reducing Drunk Driving: What is the Role of Emergency Physicians? Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Dec 1;46(6):553–5.

Edgerton EA, Orzechowski KM, Eichelberger MR. Not All Child Safety Seats Are Created Equal: The Potential Dangers of Shield Booster Seats. Pediatrics. 2004 Mar 1;113(3):e153–8.

McKay MP, Jolly BT. A retrospective review of air bag deaths. Acad Emerg Med. 1999;6(7):708–14.

Adirim TA, Wright JL, Lee E, Lomax TA, Chamberlain JM. Injury surveillance in a pediatric emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 1999 Oct 1;17(6):499–503.