Child Abuse Everything You Need To Know Dr. Nabil Ebraheim

Dr. Ebraheims educational animated video teaches about all the signs and symptoms of child abuse. Child abuse most often occurs under 3 year of age, and if it is not recognized and reported, repeated abuse may occur in 40 of the cases. Death can occur in up to 5 Risk factors for child abuse: First child Single parent Stepchild Disabled child Parents were abused Suspect child abuse if: Fracture femur before the walking age ( 1 year) is suspicious. The most common orthopedic injury associated with child abuse is femur fractures. Multiple fractures at different stages of healing are seen in a skeletal survey. Stages of healing: 1hematoma, 2inflammation 3soft callus 4hard callus 5remodeling. Callus and periosteal reaction is seen. Unwitnessed spiral fractures. Spiral fractures are not a good criteria because most of them are accidental. Other signs include: Multiple soft tissue bruising, skin lesion is the most common, bone frac