National burden of pediatric abusive injuries: patterns vary by age

National burden of pediatric abusive injuries: patterns vary by age

Purpose Child abuse is often unrecognized by healthcare practitioners. This study sought to characterize pediatric abuse injury patterns and associated mortality rates in a nationwide cohort. Methods The Kids’ Inpatient Database (1997–2012) was queried for patients  39,000 children were hospitalized...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric surgery international 2022-03, Vol.38 (3), p.513-520
Hauptverfasser: Huerta, Carlos Theodore, Perez, Eduardo A., Quiroz, Hallie, Quinn, Kirby, Thorson, Chad M., Hogan, Anthony R., Brady, Ann-Christina, Sola, Juan E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology
Databases, Factual
Emotional abuse
Humans
Infant
Injuries
Inpatients
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mortality
Original Article
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose Child abuse is often unrecognized by healthcare practitioners. This study sought to characterize pediatric abuse injury patterns and associated mortality rates in a nationwide cohort. Methods The Kids’ Inpatient Database (1997–2012) was queried for patients  39,000 children were hospitalized for abuse from 1997 to 2012. The majority were Caucasian (36%), male (51%) and 
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s00383-022-05062-w