ArticlePaediatrics & child health2018
The medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: Infants and young children with skeletal injury.
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- Medical assessment of suspected traumatic head injury due to child maltreatment (THI-CM).Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
- An interdisciplinary forensic approach in a mummified child with evidence of abuse and neglect.Forensic sciences research · 2024Article
- Child Abuse: Adherence of Clinical Management to Guidelines for Diagnosis of Physical Maltreatment and Neglect in Emergency Settings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- 10 years later: revisiting the patchwork quilt of child protection in Canada.Paediatrics & child health · 2021Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Fractures are common injuries in childhood. While most fractures are caused by accidental trauma, inflicted trauma (maltreatment) is a serious and potentially unrecognized cause of fractures, particularly in infants and young children. This practice point identifies the clinical features that prompt concern for inflicted skeletal injury and outlines a management approach based on current literature and published guidelines, including the clinician's duty to report suspicion of child abuse to child welfare authorities. This document does not address isolated skull fractures.
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