Assessing the potential for abusive injury in preverbal children is a challenge. Because head trauma is a common occurrence in young children, clinicians often face a dilemma about whether to perform ...

Pediatric phalangeal neck fractures are common injuries in children, often resulting from falls or sports-related activities. These fractures can vary in type and severity, and their management is ...

TOPLINE: Ultrasonography may serve as an alternative to radiography for diagnosing pediatric forearm fractures, thus reducing the number of children undergoing radiography at initial emergency ...

Fractures in very young children that are not consistent with history or for which no history of injury is given are concerning for abuse. For children in whom abuse is suspected, a close examination ...

A parent bracing for the prognosis of their child's broken bone might hear "growth plate fracture" and immediately think unfixable damage has been done. Certainly, growth plate fractures should be ...

A schematic illustrates the relationship between tibial tubercle fracture and the vascular system. The proximal tibia is in close proximity to the popliteal artery which adds the possibility of the ...

Spokane Shriners Hospital Urgent Pediatric Fracture Clinic is an outpatient facility open weekday mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. for children up to age 18 with documented fractures. All care is ...

Buckle fractures are a type of bone injury that happen in children. They're incomplete fractures — the bone is not broken all the way through. These fractures result from sudden force or pressure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric clavicle fractures may be increasing in severity, despite no increases in annual injury incidence.

For children in whom abuse is suspected, a close examination of all areas of skin to look for other injuries is important. HealthDay News — In an American Academy of Pediatrics clinical report ...