Age matters in identifying maltreatment in infants and young children with fractures

(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Among children who were not in an independently verified incident, evaluation for child abuse should be done by specialty consultation in children aged less than three-years old presenting with rib fractures and children aged less than 18-months presenting with humeral or femoral fractures.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news