RT Book, Section
A1 Colbourne, Margaret
A1 Clarke, Michelle
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166596738
T1 Child Abuse and Neglect
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166596738
RD 2024/04/20
AB Child  maltreatment  is,  unfortunately,  a  common  global  problem.  In  the  United  States,  over  675,000  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  According  to  the  World  Health  Organization,  36.3%  of  children  experience  emotional  abuse,  16.3%  experience  physical  neglect,  and  22.6%  of  adults  report  suffering  physical  abuse  as  a  child.3  The  lifetime  prevalence  of  childhood  sexual  abuse  ranges  from  8%  to  31%  for  girls  and  3%  to  17%  for  boys.4  Therefore,  emergency  providers  are  in  a  unique  position  to  identify  nonaccidental  injuries  and  potentially  prevent  further  abuse.  Child  maltreatment  takes  many  forms,  including  neglect,  physical  abuse,  sexual  abuse,  emotional  abuse,  and  caregiver-fabricated  illness  (previously  called  Munchausen  syndrome  by  proxy).