Comparison of computed tomography and chest radiography in the detection of rib fractures in abused infants

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 659-663

  Wootton Gorges, Sandra L ^a   Stein Wexler, Rebecca ^a   Walton, John W ^a   Rosas, Angela J ^b   Coulter, Kevin P ^c   Rogers, Kristen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Computed tomography; Infant; Radiology; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RIBS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46849096303     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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