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Item Details
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DIAGNOSING ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUM
TRAUMATIC INJURIES & MEDICAL MIMICS |
| By: |
Lori D. Frasier, Barbara L. Knox, Kay Rauth-Farley |
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Hardback |
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£63.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1878060406 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781878060402 |
| Publisher: |
STM LEARNING |
| Pub. date: |
22 September, 2004 |
| Pages: |
438 |
| Description: |
Offers a comprehensive review of abusive head trauma. It offers an in-depth evaluation of victim presentation in the clinical setting and usual examination, laboratory, and neuroradiology findings and outcomes. It also explores reasonable differential diagnoses and provides illustrative cases. |
| Synopsis: |
Diagnosing Abusive Head Trauma: Traumatic Injuries and Medical Mimics is a comprehensive review of the most common cause of physical abuse mortality in the United States today. It offers an in-depth evaluation of victim presentation in the clinical setting and usual examination, laboratory, and neuroradiology findings and outcomes. It also explores reasonable differential diagnoses and provides illustrative cases. This is an outstanding reference for child abuse paediatricians and for those professionals, such as paediatric neurologists, child development specialists, and generalists, who care for abusive head trauma survivors. Diagnosing Abusive Head Trauma comprehensively covers the diagnosis of abusive head trauma in children. Its first section provides an overview of abusive head trauma and lists possible outcomes in cases of abusive head trauma.Its second section delves into specific injuries, including: Extracranial injuries Scalp trauma Intracranial injuries Fractures The third and final section of Diagnosing Abusive Head Trauma discusses numerous medical mimics that may be confused with abusive head trauma, including birth trauma, metabolic disorders, autoimmune conditions, oncologic mimics, and infectious diseases. This text contains up-to-date examinations of abusive head trauma to aid frontline professionals in the recognition and treatment of this most pernicious form of abuse. Diagnosing Abusive Head Trauma is a vital resource for professionals and students in the fields of medicine, nursing, social service, law, and criminal justice. To better serve the victims of abusive head trauma, this authoritative reference will assist non-medical professionals in formulating more effective methods of inquiry, investigation, and prosecution, and it will help medical professionals to provide the best of care and treatment to those in need. |
| Illustrations: |
Approx. 900 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
GW Medical |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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