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Aim
To describe patterns of injury from window and balcony falls in children presenting to a tertiary paediatric trauma centre in New South Wales.
Methods
A retrospective review of cases of children <15 years who had sustained injuries in a fall from a building, identified from the trauma database between 1998 and 2019.
Results
A total of 381 falls from windows and balconies were recorded...