Predictors for Nonaccidental Trauma in a Child With a Fracture-A National Inpatient Database Study.

CONCLUSION: Using a large, national inpatient database, we identified an overall prevalence of 1.54% of NAT in children admitted to the hospital with a fracture. Based on five independent predictors of NAT, we generated an estimated probability chart that can be used in the clinical workup of a child with a fracture and possible NAT. This evidence-based algorithm needs to be validated in clinical practice. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prognostic study, Level III (case-control study). PMID: 31192884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research