Child physical abuse trauma evaluation and management: A Western Trauma Association and Pediatric Trauma Society

Nelson G Rosen1, Mauricio A Escobar, Carlos V Brown

  • 1From the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (N.G.R., R.A.F.), Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Surgery, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital (M.A.E.), Tacoma, Washington; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Dell Medical School (C.V.B.), Austin, Texas; Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine (E.E.M.), Denver, Colorado; Division of Trauma, MedStar Hospital Center (J.A.S.), Washington, DC; Department of Surgery, Scripps Mercy (K.P.), San Diego, California; Acute Care Surgery Division, Morsani College of Medicine (D.J.C.), Tampa, Florida; Division of Trauma Surgery, University of Pittsburgh (J.L.S.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery, Inova Trauma Center (A.G.R.), Falls Church, Virginia; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (E.J.L.), Los Angeles, California; Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, Oregon Health/Science University (K.J.B.), Portland, Oregon; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine (R.K.), Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine (K.I.), Los Angeles, California; Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (J.L.H.-R.), Bronx, New York; Division of Pediatric Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital (D.M.N., L.W.S., T.N.), Phoenix, Arizona; Department of Surgery, Nemours Children's Specialty Care (R.W.L.), Jacksonville, Florida; Departments of Surgery, UT Health San Antonio and Baylor College of Medicine (I.C.M.), San Antonio, Texas; and the Department of Surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital (M.J.M.), San Diego, California.

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