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J Surg Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 December 01. Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2015 December ; 199(2): 641–646. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2015.06.043.

REASSESSING MECHANISM AS A PREDICTOR OF PEDIATRIC INJURY MORTALITY Haley Becka, Sushil Mittal, PhDb, David Madigan, PhDc, and Randall S. Burd, MD, PhDa Haley Beck: [email protected]; Sushil Mittal: [email protected]; David Madigan: [email protected]; Randall S. Burd: [email protected] aChildren’s

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National Medical Center, Division of Trauma and Burn Surgery, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA

bScibler

Corporation, 1524 Vista Club Circle, #103, Santa Clara, CA, 95054 Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA

cDepartment

of Statistics, Columbia University, Room 1005 SSW, MC 4690, New York, NY

10027, USA

Abstract Background—The use of mechanism of injury as a predictor of injury outcome presents practical challenges because this variable may be missing or inaccurate in many databases. The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of mechanism of injury as a predictor of mortality among injured children.

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Methods—The records of children (