Yield of retinal examination in suspected physical abuse with normal neuroimaging

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Thackeray, Jonathan D ^a   Scribano, Philip V ^a   Lindberg, Daniel M ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Child physical abuse; Retinal hemorrhages; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951769972     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2184     Document Type: Article

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