title: [How to detect and what to do with child abuse?].
abstract: Child abuse is a major public health problem. The consequences including death, but also physical injuries and psychological troubles. To know and recognize the possibility of child abuse is essential for all doctors. This diagnostic hypothesis must be considered alongside all pathologies in varied clinical presentations. The practitioner must keep in mind that an unusual location, incoherent mechanism, a health seeking delay, no painful expression are warning signs and particularly a traumatic injury unexplained in an infant who does not move. To overcome the denial that surrounds these situations, the health professional should emphasize teamwork and not hesitate in doubt to be hospitalized children or at least contact a specialized team.
authors.forename: Margaux
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemesle
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vabres
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Picherot
authors.forename: Christéle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gras-Le Guen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D012017:Referral and Consultation