TY - JOUR T1 - Serious paediatric head trauma caused by vehicle rear view mirrors JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 455 LP - 456 DO - 10.1136/emj.2004.018150 VL - 22 IS - 6 AU - R Mobasheri AU - B Chitnavis AU - G Bhattee Y1 - 2005/06/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/6/455.abstract N2 - We report five cases of serious isolated head injury inflicted on children by rear view mirrors mounted on vehicles (table 1). All the injuries occurred between 1996 and 2001 and were admitted to our unit. So far there has been scant reporting of this particular type of injury. The risk of injury from rear view mirrors to pedestrians can potentially be prevented by modification of vehicle design and use of new technology.View this table:In this windowIn a new window Table 1  Five cases of serious isolated head injury inflicted on children by rear view mirrors mounted on vehicles In our series of five patients, all had serious head injuries requiring admission to the intensive care unit and three needed neurosurgical intervention. At follow up, two of the patients had persisting neurological problems. The cause of these head injuries was a very high pressure resulting from a force applied to a small area, in this instance a rear view mirror. The relatively small surface area … ER -