Inadequately explained injury
(Child abuse)Intimate partner violence
Neglect
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
- Define the different types of child maltreatment
- Recognize typical and atypical patterns of injury in children
Overview & Foundational Knowledge
| The Pediatrician’s Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment: Clinical Report
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-067608 Stirling J, Gavril A, Brennan B, et al. The Pediatrician’s Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2024;154(2):e2024067608. doi:10.1542/peds.2024-067608 |
| Maguire S. Which injuries may indicate child abuse? Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2010 95: 170-177.
http://ep.bmj.com/content/95/6/170 Overview article in BMJ. |
Clinical Resources
| Christian CW et al. The Evaluation of Suspected Child Physical Abuse. Pediatrics 2015: 135 (5): e1337e1355
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/135/5/e1337 Good guidelines outlining evaluation of children where physical abuse is suspected. |
| CPS Practise Point: Medical assessment of suspected traumatic head injury due to child maltreatment (THI-CM) (2024)
https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/medical-assessment-of-THI-CM https://cps.ca/fr/documents/position/evaluation-medicale-du-TC-ME |
| CPS Practise Point: The medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: Infants and young children with skeletal injury (2018)
https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/fractures-in-suspected-child-maltreatment |
| CPS Practise Point: The medical assessment of bruising in suspected child maltreatment cases: A clinical perspective (2017)
http://www.cps.ca/en/documents/position/medical-assessment-of-bruising http://www.cps.ca/fr/documents/position/evaluation-medicale-des-ecchymoses |
| CPS Practise point: Recognizing and responding to children with suspected exposure to intimate partner violence between caregivers (2023) |
Virtual Patients or Cases
| Altered Level of Consciousness.
Access through https://www.pedscases.com/altered-level-consciousness Patient case on altered level of consciousness. |
