TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Predictors of child protective services reporting among children presenting to the emergency department with fractures [meeting abstract] JO - Pediatrics A1 - Collins, Megan A1 - Kemp, Lisa A1 - Byrd, Angela A1 - McMahon, Pamela SP - 205 EP - 206 VL - 147 IS - 3 N2 - PURPOSE: Approximately one-fourth of the estimated 676,000 children in the US who were victims of abuse and neglect in 2016 were less than 3 years of age. Fractures are a common manifestation of child abuse. To our knowledge, no research study to date has examined the factors associated with medical staff filing Child Protective Services (CPS) reports of suspected abuse among pediatric patients seen in the Emergency Department (ED) with fractures. Therefore, …

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LA - en SN - 0031-4005 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.147.3_MeetingAbstract.205 ID - ref1 ER -