Citation
Dm. Rubin et al., Pulmonary edema associated with child abuse: Case reports and review of the literature, PEDIATRICS, 108(3), 2001, pp. 769-775
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
00314005
→ ACNP
Volume
108
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
769 - 775
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(200109)108:3<769:PEAWCA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Pulmonary edema has been an unreported finding in the evaluation of abused
children. We describe 2 cases of pulmonary edema in abused infants, 1 after
confessed suffocation and the other after inflicted head injury. A review
of the literature regarding postobstructive and neurogenic pulmonary edema
suggests useful inferences for the forensic evaluation of maltreated childr
en who present with this finding.