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Review
. 2001 Sep;108(3):769-75.
doi: 10.1542/peds.108.3.769.

Pulmonary edema associated with child abuse: case reports and review of the literature

D M Rubin  1 , C O McMillan, M A Helfaer, C W Christian
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Review

Pulmonary edema associated with child abuse: case reports and review of the literature

D M Rubin et al. Pediatrics. 2001 Sep.

Abstract

Pulmonary edema has been an unreported finding in the evaluation of abused children. We describe 2 cases of pulmonary edema in abused infants, 1 after confessed suffocation and the other after inflicted head injury. A review of the literature regarding postobstructive and neurogenic pulmonary edema suggests useful inferences for the forensic evaluation of maltreated children who present with this finding.

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