title: Non-accidental injury: a retrospective analysis of a large cohort.
abstract: The radiology literature describing the injuries of child abuse is very extensive. Articles on the distribution of injuries and the way in which a diagnosis was reached are less frequent. This article represents the detailed analysis of a cohort of patients, suspected of being victims of abuse, referred to the authors. It necessarily reflects personal experience and is not a population study. The distribution of the injuries in a cohort of 467 patients is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: RLC NHS Trust-Alder Hey, Liverpool L12 2 AP, UK. Helen.Carty@rlch-tr.nwest.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carty
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000401:mortality; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D038642:Shaken Baby Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology