Importance Interpersonal violence, which includes child abuse and neglect, youth violence,
intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse, affects millions of US residents …

Susan A. Fisher-Owens, MD, MPH, FAAP, a James L. Lukefahr, MD, FAAP, b Anupama Rao
Tate, DMD, MPH, c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, SECTION ON ORAL HEALTH …

Child physical abuse is an important cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality and is
associated with major physical and mental health problems that can extend into adulthood …

Importance Bruising caused by physical abuse is the most common antecedent injury to be
overlooked or misdiagnosed as nonabusive before an abuse-related fatality or near-fatality …

Abusive head trauma (AHT) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the
pediatric population, especially in young infants. In the past decade, advancements in …

Background and objectives There is widespread concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has
increased the incidence of child maltreatment. However, reports in the scientific literature …

Infants with minor abusive injuries are at risk for more serious abusive injury, including
abusive head trauma (AHT). Our study objective was to determine if children with AHT had …

OBJECTIVE: Child physical abuse is commonly missed, putting abused children at risk for
repeated injury and death. Several so-called sentinel injuries have been suggested to be …

Abusive head trauma remains the major cause of serious head injury in infants and young
children. A great deal of research has been undertaken to inform the recognition, evaluation …

Objectives This study aimed to determine the incidence of missed opportunities to diagnose
abuse in a cohort of children with healing abusive fractures and to identify patterns present …