Non-accidental trauma (NAT) is a leading cause of childhood traumatic injury and death in
the United States. It is estimated that 1,400 children died from maltreatment in the United …

Background Child maltreatment affects a significant number of children globally. Strategies
have been developed to identify children suspected of having been exposed to …

Abusive head trauma (AHT) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the
pediatric population, especially in young infants. In the past decade, advancements in …

Objective To characterize racial and ethnic disparities in the evaluation and reporting of
suspected abusive head trauma (AHT) across the 18 participating sites of the Pediatric Brain …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To reduce missed cases of pediatric abusive head
trauma (AHT), Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network investigators derived a 4-variable …

Key Clinical Points Physical Abuse of Children Physically abused children, particularly
infants, may present with nonspecific symptoms and signs, such as vomiting or apnea; the …

This article provides an overview of elder abuse screening and detection methods for
community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults, including general issues and …

Background Physician diagnoses of abusive head trauma (AHT) have been criticized for
circular reasoning and over-reliance on a “triad” of findings. Absent a gold standard …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Abusive head trauma (AHT) may be missed in the
clinical setting. Clinical prediction tools are used to reduce variability in practice and inform …

OBJECTIVES Data guiding abusive head trauma (AHT) diagnosis rest on case-control
studies that have been criticized for circularity. We wished to sort children with neurologic …