Injury Patterns and Demographics in Child and Adolescent Assault Victims Presenting to US Emergency Departments.
Randall T LoderSamantha PalmaMaddie SmithPublished in: International journal of pediatrics (2020)
These data provide a comprehensive overview of child and adolescent assault victims presenting to the ED in the USA and can be used as background data for further study. The decreasing numbers of assaults over the 11 years of the study are encouraging, and challenges still exist in decreasing the number for those ≤ 4 years old.