Emergency Medicine Reports – December 1, 2013
December 1, 2013
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Physical Abuse of Children: Identification, Evaluation, and Management
According to one study, as many as one in five children seen in the emergency department (ED) may be missed cases of physical abuse; thus, emergency physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child. This article reviews the identification, evaluation, and management of a child with possible physical abuse.