Pulmonary edema associated with child abuse: case reports and review of the literature.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2001
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 children who present with this finding.
Volume
108
Issue
3
First Page
769
Last Page
775
ISSN
1098-4275
Published In/Presented At
Rubin, D. M., McMillan, C. O., Helfaer, M. A., & Christian, C. W. (2001). Pulmonary edema associated with child abuse: case reports and review of the literature. Pediatrics, 108(3), 769–775. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.108.3.769
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
11533351
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article
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