title: The Clinical and Radiological Examination of Acute Intimate Partner Violence Injuries: A Retrospective Analysis of an Italian Cohort of Women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most frequent type of violence against women. We compared clinical and radiological IPV characteristics to stranger assault (SA).
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively identified 123 women with IPV from court reports and matched them to 124 SA. Clinical and radiological characteristics were evaluated by testing their sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value for IPV, and the strength of their association with IPV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  IPV women referred with more delay to the emergency department (ED), had more ED accesses, and showed more mismatch between reports to the triage and disclosures to the ED physician. They also displayed more head, neck, and face injuries, and new-plus-old fractures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The identification of specific features may help ED physicians to suspect IPV.
authors.affiliation: Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matteoli
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piacentino
authors.forename: Georgios D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kotzalidis
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serata
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapinesi
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Angeletti
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Dominicis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016387:Women's Health; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult