Kongressprogramm 29. DPT

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Under the Surface: Bruising and Child Abuse

Prof. Dr. Mary C. Pierce
Northwestern University

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Bernd Rüdeger Sonnen
University of Hamburg

Abstract:
The most common child injury is the most misdiagnosed.
Bruising ist the most common injury from physical abuse and is also the most common injury to be misdiagnosed as accidental prior to a fatal or near fatal assault from abuse. The presentation will cover distinguishing characteristics of bruising that help differentiate abuse from accidental injury in young children and will showcase an interactive app that makes the published evidenced readily available and interpretable to help informed decision making and support early preventive measures.
Domestic violence is often not discovered or only discovered late, and injuries are often recorded as accidents. Children learn early on to implement this justification strategy in their own social environment, accept violence and go easy on perpetrators, just as they themselves are socialized to do. Injuries and abuse, even in institutions, often go unrecognized or are misinterpreted. The children have no concept of safety. Specialist services involved are often satisfied with accident explanations because of a lack of knowledge how to diffentiate accidental bruises from bruises as a result of abuse. The biographies of young people who come to light with violent offenses often contain their own experiences of (domestic) violence. Dr. Pierce is a nationally acclaimed expert on emergency paediatrics.
Prof. Dr. Mary C. Pierce

Dr. Pierce is a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern Universitys Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is also an attending physician in the pediatric emergency department at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago and serves as research director for the Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics. She also holds an Aussiciate appointment, Professor of Engineering, J.B. Spreed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. There she serves as the Medical Director of the Injury Risk Assessment and Prevention Laboratory at the University of Louisville, which is a multi-disciplinary lab with emphasis on injury biomechanics. Dr. Pierce's subspecialty training is in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She received her medical degree from Louisiana State University at New Orleans, her specialty training in Pediatrics from Johns Hopkins Hospital, and her subspecialty training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Pierce is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and the Ray Helfer Society that is dedicated to improving the lives of abused children.

11. Juni 2024
09:00 - 09:45 Uhr
Vortrag
Raum: Halle 2