Abstract
When an infant or young child presents with subdural haemorrhage, the diagnostic priority is to exclude physical child abuse. A team approach should be adopted for the clinical child protection investigation. The diagnostic process is inevitably one of detective work; appropriate radiological, ophthalmological, haematological, biochemical, and postmortem investigations are discussed.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Child Abuse / diagnosis*
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Child Custody / legislation & jurisprudence
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Forensic Medicine
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Hematoma, Subdural / diagnosis*
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Hematoma, Subdural / etiology
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
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Medical History Taking
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Patient Care Team
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Retinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
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Retinal Hemorrhage / etiology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods