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Pediatric Non-Accidental Trauma (NAT)

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Sentinel Injuries Subtle Findings of Physical Abuse. 2009; 125 (1): 60-66. Sentinel Injuries in Infants Evaluate for Child Physical Abuse. Parents’ Opinions About a Routine Head-to-Toe Examination of Children as a Screening Instrument for Child Abuse and Neglect in Children Visiting the Emergency Department.

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Pediatric Pain

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Further, children participate in and absorb their family’s culture and specific personality from a very young age ( Finley 2009 ). Some are simple comfort measures such as splinting (fracture or sprain), applying cold (acute soft tissue injury) or heat (non-traumatic, non-specific pain), or other targeted non-pharmacology.