Manifestations of the battered-child syndrome.
Between 1965 and 1972, 231 patients were admitted to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia with the battered-child syndrome. The case records and reontgenograms of 217 patients were reviewed. About one-third of the patients repuired orthopaedic treatment. The purpose of this paper is to alert the orthopaedist to the existence and prevalence of the battered-child syndrome, to describe both the non-orthopaedic and the orthopaedic manifestations of this problem, and to delineate the orthopaedist's responsibility to the battered child and the child's family.
D001497:Battered Child Syndrome; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000293:injuries; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies