Introduction: We report an incidental discovery of multiple rib fractures in a wheezing child without a history of an injury or the presence of metabolic bone disease. As a result, the child was evaluated for the presence of non­ accidental trauma. Case Report: An 11­month­ old African­American child was brought to the emergency department by his father with a 2­ day history of fever, cough and...

Any type of facial bone fracture creates a lot discomfort for the child as well stress parent or caregiver. The most common injury in early childhood is mandible, which occurs sequence condylar fracture, symphysis/parasymphysis and mandibular body. Depending on severity injury, jaw can be mildly displaced substantially displaced. This case study demonstrates how arch bar stabilisation simple ef...

Chicken pox is mostly a benign infection of childhood and caused by Varicella Zoster Virus which generally does not lead to any serious complication in an immunocompetent host. Severe potentially lethal complications like varicella pneumonia, encephalitis acute kidney injury are known entity adults but very rare paediatric age group. We present case Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) the form tubulointe...

BACKGROUND Injuries are an increasingly important cause of death in children worldwide, yet injury mortality is highly preventable. Determining patterns and trends in child injury mortality can identify groups at particularly high risk. We compare trends in child deaths due to injury in four UK countries, between 1980 and 2010. METHODS We obtained information from death certificates on all de...

BACKGROUND Accidental injury represents the most common type of traumatic event to which a child or adolescent may be exposed, with a significant number of these children going on to experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, very little research has examined potential interventions for the treatment of PTSD in these children. The present trial aims to evaluate and compare child-...

Abstract In most child protection jurisdictions, a case of death or serious injury through the actions inaction parent carer is responded to with an inquiry into circumstances that led child. A key objective such inquiries discern what may have been done by public agencies prevent child’s and this may, in turn, lead changes existing policies development new policies. Such have, at times, critic...

background and aim : about one-third of iranian children mortality is caused by injuries from which 36% occur due to road traffic injuries. using child restraint embedded in vehicles can reduce road traffic fatalities by 71% for neonates and 54% for children. based on its effectiveness in reduction of fatality and prevention of injury severity, child restraint usage mandatory law is a priority....

OBJECTIVES To examine trends in incidence of hospitalizations for injury from abuse in young children from 1997 through 2009 and to examine injury severity trends. METHODS Cases were identified in the National Inpatient Sample database of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project by using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes for child maltrea...