PREP Audio - Is It Abuse? Fractures in Infants and Children
December 2010, Volume 5, No. 12

Is It Abuse? Fractures in Infants and Children

Is It Abuse? Fractures in Infants and Children

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the right way to do a skeletal survey and the situations in which it should be used.
  • Discern the best approach to the evaluation of abuse.
  • List mandated abuse reporting laws.
  • Recognize metaphyseal fractures and their importance.
  • Summarize the characteristic fractures of childhood.
  • Indicate how bone scans and magnetic resonance imaging are used in the diagnosis of fractures.
Is It Abuse? Fractures in Infants and Children

Antoinette L. Laskey, MD, MPH, FAAP

Dr. Laskey disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.

Is It Abuse? Fractures in Infants and Children

Rich Kaplan, MD, FAAP

Dr. Kaplan disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.

Is It Abuse? Fractures in Infants and Children

Andrew Sirotnak, MD, FAAP

Dr. Sirotnak disclosed no financial relationship relevant to this issue. This issue does not contain a discussion of unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.