Early life of the 'battered child'.

Early Life of the 'battered Child'

16 children so depleted for 3 months developed staphylococcal pneumonia. Essential fatty acid deficiency in the developing chick produces failure to thrive and mesobronchitis with many similarities to cystic fibrosis (Hopkins, Witter, and Nesheim, 1963), and the genital changes in developing male rabbits rendered fatty acid-deficient (Ahluwalia, Pincus, and Holman, 1967) are suggestive of the c...

Early life of the 'battered child'.

The obstetric histories and early lives of 28 subsequently abused children are reviewed. The youngest child, more often male, was shown to be most 'at risk' especially of the mother was pregnant. Reduced antenatal care, separation of mother and child during the neonatal peroid, illness, poor features. It is felt that these and other difficulties may be regarded as 'environmental pressures' lead...

[The battered child syndrome].

The battered child syndrome.

The experience of the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg from 1957 to 1971 with abused infants and children is presented with statistical data on 132 children. Details as to incidence, source and types of abuse are presented along with a discussion of the management of the problem. A follow-up study on a group of the abused children is also presented with comments directed towards some preventive ...

The Battered-Child Syndrome

The Battered Child Syndrome is a term used by us to characterise a clinical condition in young children who have received serious physical abuse, generally from a parent or foster parent. The condition has also been described as “unrecognised trauma” by radiologists, orthopaedists, paediatricians, and social service workers. It is a significant cause of childhood disability and death. Unfortuna...