Abusive head trauma and accidental head injury : a 20-year comparative study of referrals to a hospital child protection team
Kelly, Patrick
Abusive head trauma and accidental head injury : a 20-year comparative study of referrals to a hospital child protection team Patrick Kelly, Simon John, Andrea L. Vincent and Peter Reed - BMJ, 2015 - Archives of Disease in Childhood .
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015,100:1123-1130
This study concludes that: "The striking increase in referrals for AHT probably represents increasing incidence. The decision to
refer a hospitalised child with a head injury for assessment for possible AHT should not be influenced by socio-economic status or ethnicity. Children over 2 years old hospitalised for AHT are usually injured by mechanisms involving impact and should be considered at high risk of death." (From the abstract). Reprinted in Patrick Kelly's doctoral thesis (Chapter 2) in 2020 - follow the link. Record #4947
Te Puaruruhau
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILDREN
ETHNICITY
INFANTS
PHYSICAL ABUSE
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
DATA ANALYSIS
CHILD ABUSE
NEW ZEALAND
Abusive head trauma and accidental head injury : a 20-year comparative study of referrals to a hospital child protection team Patrick Kelly, Simon John, Andrea L. Vincent and Peter Reed - BMJ, 2015 - Archives of Disease in Childhood .
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015,100:1123-1130
This study concludes that: "The striking increase in referrals for AHT probably represents increasing incidence. The decision to
refer a hospitalised child with a head injury for assessment for possible AHT should not be influenced by socio-economic status or ethnicity. Children over 2 years old hospitalised for AHT are usually injured by mechanisms involving impact and should be considered at high risk of death." (From the abstract). Reprinted in Patrick Kelly's doctoral thesis (Chapter 2) in 2020 - follow the link. Record #4947
Te Puaruruhau
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILDREN
ETHNICITY
INFANTS
PHYSICAL ABUSE
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
DATA ANALYSIS
CHILD ABUSE
NEW ZEALAND