POLICY STATEMENT PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 6 June 2000, pp. 1345-1348 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse Section on Radiology ABSTRACT The role of imaging in cases of child abuse is to identify the extent of physical injury when abuse occurs, as well as...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) refers to the use of children in sexual activities when, because of their immaturity and developmental level, they cannot understand or give informed consent. A wide range of activities is included in sexual abuse, including contact and noncontact activities. Contact activities included are sexualized kissing, fondling,...

In the United States, child abuse is responsible for approximately 1400 deaths per year. A variety of injuries may occur as a result of child abuse. Some of the injuries observed in battered children are specific to this population, and certain patterns of injury are highly suggestive of nonaccidental trauma.
Most...

Objectives
1. Discuss the factors contributing to susceptibility to child abuse
2. Describe fracture patterns considered suggestive of abuse as an etiology
3. Discuss the differential diagnosis of child abuse
4. Describe the physical and imaging assessment of a child with suspected...

Four categories of child abuse are generally recognised. It is possible that a child may suffer from more than one type of abuse at any one time.
* Physical abuse
* Emotional abuse
* Neglect
* Sexual abuse
Munchausen...

Wheeless Testbook of Orthopaedics - Discussion: - child abuse occurs most often under the age of 3 years; - when child abuse goes unrecognized, the mortality rate may be as high as 5 %; - differential dx: ...

Diagnosing physical child abuse: the way forward M A Barber, J R Sibert Department of Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Academic Centre, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 2XX, UK Accepted 22 March 2000 In this article, we will review the evidence we have on the diagnosis of...

Background Child abuse and neglect (CAN) is a serious problem that has major implications for the welfare of the child involved. Unexplained fractures are of particular concern to the orthopaedic surgeon, who must often consider alternative diagnoses to CAN.
Questions/purposes We therefore (1) determined which bone diseases most commonly mimic CAN; (2) what...

Objectives
1. Discuss the optimum initial management of the multiply injured child
2. Describe the demographics of children most at risk for injury
Discussion points
1. Describe step by step the immediate evaluation of the multiply injured child. At what point does the orthopaedist...

Results Injuries that are highly specific for the diagnosis of abuse include metaphyseal corner fractures, posteromedial rib fractures, and sternal, scapular, and spinous process fractures. Lesions of moderate specificity include, among other injuries, multiple fractures of various ages and epiphyseal separations. Long-bone fractures and clavicular fractures, while common, are of low...

Physical Abuse of Children / Non-Accidental Injuries Statistics show that more than half the victims of child abuse have fractures. The orthopedic surgeon will often be the first person to identify a potentially abused child.
The safest pathway for the child and clinician is to make a child abuse report in...

Objectives
1. Discuss priorities for imaging musculoskeletal injuries in the multiply injured child
2. Discuss the indications for operative fixation of fractures in the multiply injured patient, and whether indications are altered from those for a patient with a single fracture
3. Discuss the...

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Mininder S Kocher, MD, MPH Boston MA (n) Laura Dichtel, AB Boston MA (n) Ingrid Holm, MD, MPH (n) Moderator(s): Lori A Karol, MD Dallas TX (N) Susan A Scherl, MD...

Child abuse is a blanket term for four types of child mistreatment: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. In many cases children are the victims of more than one type of abuse. The abusers can be parents or other family members, caretakers such as teachers and babysitters, acquaintances...

Ramachandran KR, Sasidharan K, Kusumakumary P, Ittiyavirah AK, Krishnakumar AS. Osteochondritis of the tarsal navicular bone (kohler's disease) occurring in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Indian J Radiol Imaging 1999;9:153-154
Osteochondritis is a disease of one or more epiphyses beginning as a necrosis followed by healing. Osteonecrosis is commonly encountered...

Child and infant abuse is a serious problem that all clinicians must be aware of in their everyday practices. The decision to call Child Protective Services (CPS), the police, or in-hospital investigative teams is difficult for many clinicians who struggle with trying to identify a potentially serious situation and the...

Physical abuse, a subset of child abuse, is defined in various ways by different states. However, common to all definitions is the presence of an injury that the child sustains at the hands of his or her caregiver. These injuries are also referred to as inflicted or nonaccidental injuries. Some...

Objectives
1. Describe the incidence and pattern of cervical spine fractures in children
2. Discuss the anatomical features of the child's cervical spine which result in the pattern of injury recorded
3. Describe the optimum management of transport of the young child with an...

C.R. is a 2-year-old Asian boy who presents with his mother, who reports that he has not moved his arm since he awoke 2 hours ago. She noticed his pain when attempting to get him dressed, because he did not want to move his arm. She did not notice any...

The Centre for Child Development is operated by the Lower Fraser Valley Cerebral Palsy Association, an organization that has been providing services for children with special needs and their families for over 50 years. The Centre is a regional children's neurological facility that provides services to 1,700 children with special...

Case presentation and discussion of psoas abscess
A 3-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department (ED) by her parents with a fever and refusal to walk secondary to pain in her right leg. The pain is associated with thigh and back pain on the same side as the limp. The...

The Terrace Child Development Centre is dedicated to helping children with special needs to reach their potential through therapy, education and family support. The Centre assists families in the raising of healthy children by offering prenatal counseling, parent resources and support to families and caregivers. Terrace, British Columbia, Canada

LATERAL CONDYLE FRACTURE THROUGH THE CAPITELLUM IN A CHILD

Notes on the differential diagnosis of the child with an acute limp
LLD, CDH, Transient synovitis, septic arthrtis, Perthes, SUFE, inflammatory arthritis

Flesh-eating disease: A note on necrotizing fasciitis H Dele Davies MD MSc, Child Health Research Unit, Alberta Children’s Hospital and Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Paediatrics and Child Health May/June 2001, Volume 6, Number 5 There has been much media...