ABC of 1 to 7 (revised). Child abuse.

ABC of child abuse

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ABC of child abuse. Poisoning.

The ABC of Clinical Genetics will continue next week. The seventh article in this series will appear on 10 June. Accidental poisoning is very common; nonaccidental poisoning is uncommon but more serious. Accidental poisoning commonly occurs in toddlers aged 2 to 4 who explore the world with their mouth and try out any medicines, tablets, or other liquids that they find. The parent finds the 3 y...

ABC of child abuse. Non-accidental injury.

Dr Nigel Speight, FRCP, is powerful that theyprevent the diagnosis even consultant paediatrician to being considered in quite obvious cases (see, for Durham and North.West example, case 1). Durham health autforities. All those working with children should be The ABC of Clinical warned that their overwhelming impulse on week.nThethird arltile inex confronting their first case will be to want to ...

ABC of child abuse. Head injuries.

Head injuries with or without fracture ofthe skull feed. Serious intracranial injury is extremely are the commonest cause ofdeath from battering, unlikely. but abdominal injury to the gut or solid organs The force entailed in physical abuse-for can mimic the signs ofhead injury and can lead to example, in swinging the child, in violent death if they are unrecognised. uncontrolled shaking, and i...

ABC of child abuse. Emotional abuse and delay in growth.