When does a bruise on an infant or young child signal abuse? New screening tool could improve earlier recognition of abuse in young children with bruising — ScienceDaily

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Bruising prompted by bodily abuse is the most typical harm to be neglected or misdiagnosed as non-abusive just before an abuse-relevant fatality or close to-fatality in a young child. A refined and validated bruising scientific decision rule (BCDR), referred to as Ten-four-FACESp, which specifies physique regions on which bruising is […]