Table 1

Comparing percentage of diagnostic investigations performed (bold) and percentage of positive results (in brackets) for children with burns versus* other, whom were referred to a Child Abuse Paediatricians.9

BurnsComparison
CT head 25% (+ 12%) 61% (+44%)
Skeletal survey 55% (+ 16%) 72% (+ 23%)
Transaminases 35% (+ 2.6%) 55% (+ 4.9%)
  • *Other included the remainder of children referred for child maltreatment investigations, that is, other forms of physical abuse, neglect and sexual abuse.