Possible Role of Thoracic Ultrasound in the Diagnostic Pathway of Infant Abuse in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Despite the fact that child maltreatment is a global problem with serious life‐long physical and psychological or psychiatric outcomes, it is often difficult to detect. In the area of physical abuse, fractures are common in 12% to 20% of the cases, particularly in the youngest children in the first year of life.1, 2 Diagnostic imaging is an essential part of the investigation of suspected physical abuse.