RT Book, Section
A1 Colbourne, Margaret
A1 Clarke, Michelle S.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121510407
T1 Child Abuse and Neglect
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121510407
RD 2024/04/20
AB Child  maltreatment  is,  unfortunately,  a  common  occurrence.  In  the  United  States,  over  650,000  children  suffer  some  form  of  child  abuse  or  neglect  each  year,  and  approximately  12%  of  these  children  will  present  to  a  hospital  with  injuries.1  It  is  estimated  that  between  2%  and  10%  of  children  visiting  the  ED  are  victims  of  child  abuse  or  neglect.2  Therefore,  emergency  physicians  are  in  a  unique  position  to  identify  nonaccidental  injuries  and  potentially  prevent  further  abuse.  Child  maltreatment  takes  many  forms  including  neglect  (68%),  physical  abuse  (16%),  sexual  abuse  (8%),  and  emotional  abuse  and  medical  child  abuse  (8%)1  (previously  called  Munchausen  syndrome  by  proxy).