Abusive Head Trauma in Turkey and Impact of Multidisciplinary Team Establishment Efforts on Case Finding and Management: Preliminary Findings


Yaylaci S., Dallar Y., Sayar Y., Tasar M. A., Tiras U., TEKİN D., ...Daha Fazla

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.15, sa.1, ss.24-29, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/eajem.2016.52386
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.24-29
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the most common cause of death as the result of child abuse. A task force is planned to provide training on AHT to professionals in different disciplines on clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and organization of multidisciplinary evaluation at the hospital and community levels. This study reports on the preliminary findings of the pre-intervention phase of a larger study.