Non-accidental injury: a retrospective analysis of a large cohort

Eur Radiol. 2002 Dec;12(12):2919-25. doi: 10.1007/s00330-002-1436-9. Epub 2002 Jul 26.

Abstract

The radiology literature describing the injuries of child abuse is very extensive. Articles on the distribution of injuries and the way in which a diagnosis was reached are less frequent. This article represents the detailed analysis of a cohort of patients, suspected of being victims of abuse, referred to the authors. It necessarily reflects personal experience and is not a population study. The distribution of the injuries in a cohort of 467 patients is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Accidents* / mortality
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone and Bones / injuries
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Cause of Death
  • Child
  • Child Abuse / diagnosis
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnosis
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / etiology*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / mortality
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rib Fractures / diagnosis
  • Rib Fractures / etiology
  • Rib Fractures / mortality
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome / complications
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome / mortality
  • Skull Fractures / diagnosis
  • Skull Fractures / etiology
  • Skull Fractures / mortality
  • Survival Analysis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology