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The Battered-Child Syndrome
Abstract
The battered-child syndrome, a clinical condition in young children who have received serious physical abuse, is a frequent cause of permanent injury or death. The syndrome should be considered in any child exhibiting evidence of fracture of any bone, subdural hematoma, failure to thrive, soft tissue swellings or skin bruising, in any child who dies suddenly, or where the degree and type of injury is at variance with the history given regarding the occurrence of the trauma. Psychiatric factors are probably of prime importance in the pathogenesis of the disorder, but knowledge of these factors is limited. Physicians have a duty and responsibility to the child to require a full evaluation of the problem and to guarantee that no expected repetition of trauma will be permitted to occur.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kempe, C. H.
- Venue
- JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1962-07-07
- Volume
- 181
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2116033834
- Cited by
- 3,049
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 26.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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