To determine the prevalence of related-home injuries among children who were admitted for at least 24 hours in
the surgical pediatric emergencies department, in the Children’s hospital of Rabat, Morocco. Methods: a transversal
retrospective study about children with home-related injuries carried out between January 1 and June 30, 2014. Indicators
included: age, gender, cause, month, lesions, duration and location of hospital staying, surgery and evolution. The data
entered on Excel and analyzed by SPSS 13. Results: 761 files from 900 hospitalizations were studied. Male were 75% and the
median of age was 8 years ?3years; 13 years?. The leading causes of non-fatal injuries were falls, cut or piercing and burns.
The lesions were head injuries (154 cases), fractures (433 cases), gate fingers (61 patients), burns (52 cases) and bipolar
trauma (28 patients). Length of stay is 24 hours in 74.8%. The majority of patients was hospitalized in the emergency
department and received nonoperative treatment with a simple evolution (respectively 96.1%, 73.1% and 90.6%).
Conclusion: home related injuries deserve to be taken seriously.