Assessment and follow-up of suspected child abuse in preschool children with fractures seen in a general hospital emergency department

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Ziegler, David S ^a   Sammut, John ^b   Piper, Anne C ^c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Emergency Department   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Documentation; Emergency medicine; Fractures; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22244452309     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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