Disease relevance of Child Abuse

• Cytochrome c, a biomarker of apoptosis, is increased in cerebrospinal fluid from infants with inflicted brain injury from child abuse [1].
• Many of the family psychosocial variables significantly related to child abuse are also significantly related to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) control [2].
• We review the toxicity of capsaicin and comment briefly on the use of hot peppers in child abuse [3].
• In case of suspected or proven child abuse, differentiation with a congenital defect of the posterior arch of C2 is essential [4].
• Cerebral infarction in child abuse. Diagnosis by technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate skeletal scintigraphy [5].

Psychiatry related information on Child Abuse

• Substance abuse and child abuse. Impact of addiction on the child [6].
• Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a serious form of child abuse/maltreatment that often leads to death [7].
• The use of the Bene-Anthony Family Relations Test is described and illustrated by three examples of child abuse [8].
• Minnesota Supreme Court restricts disclosures of group therapy sessions as evidence in child abuse prosecutions [9].
• These data challenge the "scapegoat" or "target child" hypothesis prevalent in the child abuse literature by suggesting that punitive parenting may not be significantly controlled by the behavioral characteristics of ADHD children [10].

High impact information on Child Abuse

• The chemistry of child neglect: do oxytocin and vasopressin mediate the effects of early experience [11]?
• BACKGROUND: Substance abuse has been called the dominant characteristic of families involved in child abuse cases, but the frequency with which childhood victims become adult victimizers remains uncertain [12].
• These data suggest that apoptosis, as detected by the presence of cytochrome c in CSF, is uniquely prominent among the subset of TBI patients diagnosed with child abuse [1].
• Pituitary-adrenal responses to standard and low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests in adult survivors of child abuse [13].
• These variables are reviewed, and an increased child abuse risk factor for children with IDDM is discussed [2].

Chemical compound and disease context of Child Abuse

• Policymakers have responded to the increase in the prevalence of methamphetamine (MA) use and the associated social costs (such as crime and child abuse and neglect) by mandating a growing number of MA users to substance abuse treatment via the criminal justice system (CJS) and/or child protective service (CPS) agencies [14].

Biological context of Child Abuse

• To assess physician attitudes and practices in controversial areas of child abuse and neglect, anonymous questionnaires were mailed to pediatricians, family practitioners, and emergency medicine physicians in Pima County (Tucson) and Arizona (statewide) [15].
• Because passive inhalation of cocaine can produce measurable urine BZ concentrations, a positive urine screen does not necessarily indicate poisoning or intentional administration of the substance and therefore is not proof of child abuse or neglect [16].

Anatomical context of Child Abuse

• Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis masquerading as child abuse: presentation of three cases and review of central nervous system findings in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis [17].

Associations of Child Abuse with chemical compounds

• In deciding seven recent landmark child abuse cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has addressed and sought to balance the inherent conflict between the constitutional rights of the defendant and the best interests of the child [18].
• Young age and child abuse were associated with extremely high CSF glutamate concentrations after TBI [19].
• Child abuse: parenteral hydrocarbon administration [20].
• Cutaneous necrosis after contact with calcium chloride: a mistaken diagnosis of child abuse [21].
• The jurisdiction of the Hannover Institute of Legal Medicine recently experienced an unusually high incidence of lethal child neglect, with three cases in a 5-month period in 1999 [22].

Gene context of Child Abuse

• Univariate and multivariate regression analyses demonstrated associations between CSF P-selectin and child abuse and age of < 4 years, and a significant, independent association between CSF intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and child abuse [23].
• The Community Child Abuse Team (CCAT) Project was designed by these same institutions in Hamilton, Ontario, to maximize interagency collaboration [24].
• Bathtub submersions were associated with child abuse in three of 16 preschool-aged children and epilepsy in four of five older children [25].
• Univariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated an association between cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 and child abuse (p = .07) and mortality (p = .01) [26].
• This article examines the nature and severity of the physical harm associated with reports of child maltreatment documented in the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) [27].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Child Abuse

• A survey of: 1) sources of perceived stress, 2) stress management, and 3) burnout among members of the American Academy of Pediatrics Sections on Child Abuse and Emergency Medicine indicates that child abuse physicians are stressed by the history, physical examination, and court appearances in abuse cases [28].
• On the posttraining survey, between 74% and 94% of the paramedics rated each topic (tracheostomies, indwelling central venous catheters, cerebrospinal fluid shunts, gastrostomies, child abuse, and latex allergy) as applicable to their practices as paramedics [29].

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