Is early detection of abused children possible?: A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of the identification of abused children

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bailhache, Marion ^a,b,c   Leroy, Valériane ^b,c   Pillet, Pascal ^a   Salmi, Louis Rachid ^a,b,c  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Diagnostic accuracy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PARENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCALP; SCALP SWELLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84889014062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-202     Document Type: Article

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