Rise in the incidence of abusive head trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic

Arch Dis Child. 2021 Mar;106(3):e14. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319872. Epub 2020 Jul 2.
No abstract available

Keywords: child abuse; neurology; neurosurgery.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Child Abuse* / prevention & control
  • Child Abuse* / statistics & numerical data
  • Communicable Disease Control / methods
  • Craniocerebral Trauma* / diagnosis
  • Craniocerebral Trauma* / epidemiology
  • Craniocerebral Trauma* / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Needs Assessment
  • Physical Distancing*
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Socioeconomic Factors*
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology