Recognizing Isolated Ulnar Fractures as Potential Markers for Intimate Partner Violence
| Autor: | Rahul Gujrathi, Giles W. Boland, Abhishek R. Keraliya, Camden P. Bay, Irene Y. Chen, Bharti Khurana, Steven E. Seltzer, Paul Tornetta, Mitchel B. Harris, George S.M. Dyer, David Sing |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty education Intimate Partner Violence behavioral disciplines and activities Three level 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Fractures Bone 0302 clinical medicine Chart review mental disorders Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Retrospective Studies business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) social sciences Emergency department Imaging analysis 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cohort Etiology population characteristics Domestic violence Female business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 18(8) |
| ISSN: | 1558-349X |
| Popis: | This study aimed to assess the incidence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in women with isolated ulnar fractures and compare the injury characteristics in victims of IPV with those who sustained the same fractures due to other causes.Electronic health records from three level I trauma centers were queried to identify a cohort of women, aged 18 to 50, sustaining isolated ulnar fractures from 2005 to 2019. Radiographs were reviewed for fracture location, comminution, and displacement. Demographic data, number of visits to the emergency department, and documentation of IPV were also collected. Patients were stratified into four groups based on clinical chart review: confirmed IPV, possible IPV, not suspected for IPV, and not IPV. Historical imaging analysis for IPV prediction was also performed.There were 62 patients, with a mean age of 31 years (IPV: 12 confirmed, 8 possible, 8 suspected not IPV, 34 confirmed not IPV). Comparative analysis with and without suspected cases demonstrated IPV to be associated with nondisplaced fractures (95% versus 43%; P.001 and 91% versus 44%; P = .012). Confirmed cases were also associated with homelessness (46% versus 0%; P .001), and the number of documented emergency department visits (median 7.0; interquartile range 2.0-12.8 versus 1.0; interquartile range 1.0-2.0; P.001). Formal documentation of IPV evaluation was completed in only 14 of 62 (22.5%) patients. Historical imaging analysis predicted IPV in 8 of 12 (75%) confirmed IPV cases.Up to one-third of adult women sustaining isolated ulnar fractures may be the victims of IPV. Lack of displacement on radiographs, frequent emergency department visits, and homelessness would favor IPV etiology. |
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