When opinion masquerades as fact

Affiliations

¹ Section of Public Health Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Edward B. Singleton, MD Department of Pediatric Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Child Abuse Resource and Education Program, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
⁴ St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Office of the Medical Examiner, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

Comment

Marcella Donaruma et al. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;111(4):891-892.

doi: 10.1111/apa.16220. Epub 2021 Dec 31.

¹ Section of Public Health Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Edward B. Singleton, MD Department of Pediatric Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Child Abuse Resource and Education Program, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
⁴ St. Louis County Department of Public Health, Office of the Medical Examiner, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

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Comment in

Demanding clarification that venous thrombosis is representative of vascular trauma.
Zahl SM, Mack JA, Rossant C, Squier W, Wester K. Zahl SM, et al. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Apr;111(4):893-894. doi: 10.1111/apa.16219. Epub 2021 Dec 22. Acta Paediatr. 2022. PMID: 34919293 No abstract available.

Thrombosis is not a marker of bridging vein rupture in infants with alleged abusive head trauma.
Zahl SM, Mack JA, Rossant C, Squier W, Wester K. Zahl SM, et al. Acta Paediatr. 2021 Oct;110(10):2686-2694. doi: 10.1111/apa.15908. Epub 2021 May 20. Acta Paediatr. 2021. PMID: 33964045 Free PMC article. Review.

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