introduction: child abuse is one of the major problems of today’s societies ;so in developed countries supportive laws for children have been established. obvious manifestations of physical child abuse include: skin lesions (echymosis, erosion, biting), skull fractures and injury to the visceral organs. physicians should take child abuse in their consideration whenever they encounter skin manif...

In medicine, the following definition based on Hobb’s recommendations is commonly used: (a) Abuse is a willful and deliberate act by a caregiver resulting in physical injury of the child. (b) Neglect is the failure of the caregiver to take minimal precautions for the proper supervision of the child’s health, thus failing to protect the child from injury. (c) Accident is a lapse in the usual pro...

In medicine, the following definition based on Hobb’s recommendations is commonly used: (a) Abuse is a willful and deliberate act by a caregiver resulting in physical injury of the child. (b) Neglect is the failure of the caregiver to take minimal precautions for the proper supervision of the child’s health, thus failing to protect the child from injury. (c) Accident is a lapse in the usual pro...

to identify anatomic and physiologic characteristics of children which are different from adults and to explain major patterns and responses of different types of injuries and to apply atls principles in management of injured kids and to emphasize on injury prevention to reduce the impact of injury in children. children have larger head, smaller jaw, shorter, narrower, funnel shaped airway, sof...

OBJECTIVES The aim of our diagnostic accuracy study Child Abuse Inventory at Emergency Rooms (CHAIN-ER) was to establish whether a widely used checklist accurately detects or excludes physical abuse among children presenting to ERs with physical injury. DESIGN A large multicentre study with a 6-month follow-up. SETTING 4 ERs in The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 4290 children aged 0-7 years at...