Olney D B
Accident and Emergency Department, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, England.
Arch Emerg Med. 1988 Dec;5(4):228-32. doi: 10.1136/emj.5.4.228.
A search of accident and emergency department records showed that 61% of 85 children registered as being physically or sexually abused by the Department of Community Paediatrics at St James's University Hospital, Leeds, England, were found to have visited the accident and emergency department an average of 2.9 times before the diagnosis was made. Fifty-two per cent of the attendances were because of problems other than injuries. Staff of accident and emergency departments should be aware that abused children present with medical diagnoses as well as trauma. Increased awareness may result in earlier diagnosis of abuse in some of these children.
对急诊部门记录的检索显示，在英国利兹市圣詹姆斯大学医院社区儿科部门登记为遭受身体虐待或性虐待的85名儿童中，有61%在确诊前平均去过急诊部门2.9次。其中52%的就诊是由于受伤以外的问题。急诊部门的工作人员应意识到，受虐儿童不仅会出现外伤，还会有其他医疗诊断。提高认识可能会使其中一些儿童的虐待行为更早被诊断出来。
