Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 28 2014. In infants and toddlers, physical abuse is the cause of 12 percent to 20 percent of fractures. In a revised clinical report, “Evaluating Children With Fractures for Child Physical Abuse,” in the February 2014 Pediatrics (published online Jan. 27), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) describes recent advances in the understanding of which fractures are suggestive of abuse, how fractures occur, and medical diseases that may make some young children’s bones more likely to fracture.
