Nonaccidental Trauma in Pediatric Surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way ML 0558, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558, USA.
² Division of Pediatric and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 2023, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3026, USA. Electronic address: Richard.Falcone@cchmc.org.

Review

Paul T Kim et al. Surg Clin North Am. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;97(1):21-33.

doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2016.08.002.

¹ Department of General Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way ML 0558, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558, USA.
² Division of Pediatric and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 2023, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3026, USA. Electronic address: Richard.Falcone@cchmc.org.

Abstract

This article presents an overview of nonaccidental trauma in children, including common clinical presentation, evaluation, and diagnosis.

Keywords: Abusive head trauma; Child abuse; Nonaccidental trauma.