Prevalence of retinal hemorrhages and child abuse in children who present with an apparent life-threatening event

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 557-562

  Pitetti, Raymond D ^a   Maffei, Frank ^c   Chang, Kenneth ^b   Hickey, Robert ^a   Berger, Rachel ^a   Pierce, Mary Clyde ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Apparent life threatening events; Child abuse; Retinal hemorrhages

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CHILD ABUSE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0036727739     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.3.557     Document Type: Article

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