Primary Care Reports – July 1, 2012
July 1, 2012
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Physical Abuse of Children: Identification, Evaluation, and Management in the ED Setting
Approximately one in five children evaluated in the emergency department (ED) are physically abused: Emergency physicians and primary care physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child. This article reviews the identification, evaluation, and management of a child with possible physical abuse.