Objectives: To provide an overview of the problem and patterns of child abuse and neglect
in the 7 countries of the Arab Peninsula, and to highlight some of the difficulties and …

Although child abuse and neglect (CAN) have been recognized by medical professionals for
the last 20 years, child protection services and child maltreatment prevention programs are …

OBJECTIVES: To describe increased child abuse and neglect (CAN) reporting and the
characteristics of the reports in the context of the development of a system of intervention for …

Objectives: Accidental injuries are the leading cause of death among children. Many of
these injuries could be prevented if the parents took additional safety precautions. We aimed …

Background: Phytobezoars are concretions of non-digestible vegetative matter in the
gastrointestinal tract and are a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in children. Case …

Background: Aeordigestive tract emergences in Nigeria occur in all age groups. They
sometimes have dreaded outcome if lodged in air passages. Objective: The aim is to present …

Background: The aim of the study was to examine the child sexual abuse cases recognized
in a pediatric surgery unit and to highlight the surgical aspects and obstacles that medical …

Foreign body (FB) ingestion is not uncommon, especially when the child beings
coordination of the hands and mouth from 6 months to 5 years of age. However, FB …

This chapter covers a very eclectic range of situations, from sleeping accidents in infants, to
trauma from vehicle crashes, drug misadventure, animal attacks, and iatrogenic errors …

Background: Despite the global increase in public awareness of child safeguarding issues,
there is significant variation in policy, service systems and practice internationally …