Fractures in young children: Are physicians in the emergency department and orthopedic clinics adequately screening for possible abuse?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-153

  Oral, Resmiye ^a,c,d   Blum, Kerri L ^b   Johnson, Charles ^a,c  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SKILL; TRAINING;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OHIO; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038376303     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200306000-00002     Document Type: Review

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