Dr. Chetan C. Shah

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  We tend to think short-term and believe that we're giving children a toy or some kind of entertainment with an ATV," said study lead author Dr. Chetan Shah, a radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
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  Because injuries and deaths from ATV use are rising so dramatically, Shah and his colleagues wanted to learn exactly who is getting injured and what types of injuries are occurring from ATV use.
  
  For the past 10 years, the researchers have collected data on any child treated for an ATV accident in their Arkansas hospital.In that time, they've treated 455 children, ranging in age from 6 months to 19 years old.The average age of the ATV riders was just over 11.There were more injured boys (318) in the study than girls (137).
  
  Six children died as a result of their injuries, and Shah said it's important to note that this study only included people who were brought to the emergency room.
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  Shah said their youngest patient was 6 months old and had been riding with his mother.The infant suffered a fractured thigh bone and, as a result of the injury, will walk with a permanent limp."I would like to ask that mother, when your child is older and can't participate in sports because of his limping, what will you say when your child asks, 'Why did you put me on that ATV?' Will she have an answer for that?"
  
  Shah said his study also includes two different 2-year-old ATV drivers, who managed to start the devices and ride them without their parents' knowledge.One was found unconscious next to the ATV.She had a severe brain hemorrhage and is permanently disabled as a result of the accident.
  
  "I think parents probably don't have a real picture of the consequences and the injuries these machines can cause," said Shah, who presented his findings Monday at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting, in Chicago.
  
  Shah recommended that children not ride ATVs until they're at least 16, but added that size is probably a more important determinant of who can probably control an ATV, and said he'd like to see some sort of sensor built in to these machines so it wouldn't start unless you were of a particular weight.
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  SOURCES: Chetan Shah, M.D., radiology fellow, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock; Beverly Losman, director, SafeKids Georgia, and manager, child health promotion, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Nov. 7, 2007, press release, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Nov. 26, 2007, presentation, Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, Chicago

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  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," said Chetan C. Shah, M.D., radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
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  "There is nothing ‘recreational' about a trip to the emergency room," Dr. Shah said.
  
  ATV-associated injuries can be caused by crashes, rollovers, ejections or even disregard of simple safety precautions.But according to Dr. Shah, ATV use by children is intrinsically dangerous because of the instability of the vehicles and the small size of children.While reducing the size and power of the vehicles and wearing helmets and protective clothing might limit some of the injuries, there still remains the issue of whether children should be riding ATVs at all.
  
  "The question is a little like asking, ‘How can we make motorcycle use safer for five-year-olds?'" Dr. Shah said.
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  His thigh bone was fractured," Dr. Shah said."Other patients included a two-year-old who was driving a ‘child-size' ATV and had traumatic amputation of four toes, and another two-year-old driver who was found unconscious beside a flipped ATV.She had a severe brain hemorrhage that left her with permanent disability," he said.

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  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," says Chetan C. Shah, MD, radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
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  His thigh bone was fractured," Shah says."Other patients included a 2-year-old who was driving a ,child-size' ATV and had traumatic amputation of four toes, and another 2-year-old driver who was found unconscious beside a flipped ATV.She had a severe brain hemorrhage that left her with permanent disability," he says.

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  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," said Chetan C. Shah, M.D., radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
  ...
  "There is nothing 'recreational' about a trip to the emergency room," Dr. Shah said.
  
  ATV-associated injuries can be caused by crashes, rollovers, ejections or even disregard of simple safety precautions.But according to Dr. Shah, ATV use by children is intrinsically dangerous because of the instability of the vehicles and the small size of children.While reducing the size and power of the vehicles and wearing helmets and protective clothing might limit some of the injuries, there still remains the issue of whether children should be riding ATVs at all.
  
  "The question is a little like asking, 'How can we make motorcycle use safer for 5-year-olds?'" Dr. Shah said.
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  His thigh bone was fractured," Dr. Shah said.

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  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," said Chetan C. Shah, radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.

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  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," said Dr. Chetan C. Shah, radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under 16 be prohibited from operating ATVs.

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  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," said Chetan C. Shah, M.D., radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
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  "There is nothing 'recreational' about a trip to the emergency room," Dr. Shah said.

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  They do not necessarily realize the possible injuries to their children from ATV accidents, Dr. Chetan C. Shah told Diagnostic Imaging.
  
  "Our experience shows that children's use of ATVs is dangerous and should be restricted," said Shah, a radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
  
  Shah and colleagues sought to identify injury patterns in children involved in ATV accidents and correlate them with outcomes.They reviewed the records of 500 consecutive children admitted to Arkansas Children's Hospital following ATV accidents.The children ranged in age from six months to 19 years (mean age 11.5 years) and included 345 boys and 155 girls.
  
  Shah presented the study at a press conference on Monday at the RSNA meeting.
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  ATV accidents are seldom reported because the vehicles are unlicensed and typically operated off-road or on private land, Shah said.
  
  According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, ATV-related injuries in children under the age of 16 more than doubled from 1995 to 2005, with 40,400 children treated in hospital emergency rooms nationwide in 2005.This figure represents nearly one-third of all ATV-related injuries treated that year.Child fatalities resulting from ATV accidents have also nearly doubled since 1995, with 120 reported deaths in 2005.
  
  "There is nothing 'recreational' about a trip to the emergency room," Shah said.
  
  The youngest patient in the study was a six-month-old infant whose thigh bone fractured while he was riding with his mother.

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  "In the last 10 years injuries have more than doubled," said Dr. Chetan Shah who works at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
  
  Researchers say they've done the largest study of ATV injuries in children ever and concluded the vehicles are not safe for kids.
  
  The study reviewed 500 ATV injuries treated at the Arkansas children's Hospital over a 9-year period.
  
  "The commonest injuries we saw were fractures of the legs," Shah said.
  
  There were a dozen amputations, skull fractures, brain and spinal injuries and 6 deaths.
  
  "It is something which is avoidable," added Shah.

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  We tend to think short-term and believe that we're giving children a toy or some kind of entertainment with an ATV," said study lead author Dr. Chetan Shah, a radiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
  ...
  Because injuries and deaths from ATV use are rising so dramatically, Shah and his colleagues wanted to learn exactly who is getting injured and what types of injuries are occurring from ATV use.
  
  For the past 10 years, the researchers have collected data on any child treated for an ATV accident in their Arkansas hospital.In that time, they've treated 455 children, ranging in age from 6 months to 19 years old.The average age of the ATV riders was just over 11.There were more injured boys (318) in the study than girls (137).
  
  Six children died as a result of their injuries, and Shah said it's important to note that this study only included people who were brought to the emergency room.
  ...
  Shah said their youngest patient was 6 months old and had been riding with his mother.The infant suffered a fractured thigh bone and, as a result of the injury, will walk with a permanent limp."I would like to ask that mother, when your child is older and can't participate in sports because of his limping, what will you say when your child asks, 'Why did you put me on that ATV?' Will she have an answer for that?"
  
  Shah said his study also includes two different 2-year-old ATV drivers, who managed to start the devices and ride them without their parents' knowledge.One was found unconscious next to the ATV.She had a severe brain hemorrhage and is permanently disabled as a result of the accident.
  
  "I think parents probably don't have a real picture of the consequences and the injuries these machines can cause," said Shah, who presented his findings Monday at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting, in Chicago.
  
  Shah recommended that children not ride ATVs until they're at least 16, but added that size is probably a more important determinant of who can probably control an ATV, and said he'd like to see some sort of sensor built in to these machines so it wouldn't start unless you were of a particular weight.

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