Trauma and Child Abuse
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 134 (5) , 503-505
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130170053018
Abstract
• A chart audit was undertaken to ascertain the content and quality of documented information present in medical records of patients with traumatic injuries seen in a tertiary care hospital. Of the records of children younger than 6 years of age with a diagnosis of fracture, burn, contusion, or intracranial injury seen in the inpatient or outpatient services during a one-year period, 60% contained inadequate data on which to determine retrospectively if the medical diagnosis of child abuse was ever considered. The medicolegal implications of this are discussed. (Am J Dis Child 134:503-505, 1980)This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Preparing for and Testifying in a Child Abuse HearingClinical Pediatrics, 1977