OBJECTIVE To describe the characteristics of bruising and mode of presentation of children referred to the paediatric child protection team with suspected physical abuse (PA), and the extent to which these differ between the children where abuse was confirmed and those where it was excluded. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PATIENTS 519 children, <6 years, referred to two paediatri...

T patient is a 63-year-old man with past medical history of hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, gastroesophageal refl ux disease, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosed at the age of 58. Medications include aspirin 325 mg daily and clopidogrel 75 mg daily for 2 years without complication; clonazepam 1 mg daily, gemfi brozil 600 mg twice daily, metoprol...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of additional injuries or bleeding disorders in a large population of young infants evaluated for abuse because of apparently isolated bruising. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospectively planned secondary analysis of an observational study of children<10 years (120 months) of age evaluated for possible physical abuse by 20 US child abuse teams. This analysis ...

There is increasing interest in developing abattoir-based measures to assist in determining the welfare status of pigs. The primary aim of this study was to determine the most appropriate place on the slaughter line to conduct assessments of welfare-related lesions, namely apparent aggression-related skin lesions (hereafter referred to as 'skin lesions'), loin bruising and apparent tail biting ...