Child abuse in an infant presenting as unexplained acute systemic hypertension.

Autor: Adelman RD; Department of Pediatrics, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Arizona, USA. radelman@phxchildrens.com, Fink RA, Rohn RD, Restaino IG
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) [Pediatr Nephrol] 2000 Aug; Vol. 14 (8-9), pp. 811-2.
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013439
Abstrakt: Hypertension in the infant is uncommon and is usually associated with renal vascular or parenchymal disease, coarctation or thrombosis of the aorta, or chronic lung disease. A 3-month-old infant who presented with unexplained acute systemic hypertension was subsequently discovered to have an undiagnosed femoral fracture secondary to child abuse. Undiagnosed fractures, which are often associated with child abuse, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an infant presenting with unexplained systemic hypertension.
Databáze: MEDLINE