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Updated Guidelines for the Medical Assessment and Care of Children Who May Have Been Sexually Abused - 18/02/16

Doi : 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.01.007 
Joyce A. Adams, MD 1, , Nancy D. Kellogg, MD 2, Karen J. Farst, MD 3, Nancy S. Harper, MD 4, Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS 5, Lori D. Frasier, MD 6, Carolyn J. Levitt, MD 7, Robert A. Shapiro, MD 8, Rebecca L. Moles, MD 9, Suzanne P. Starling, MD 10
1 Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 
2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 
3 Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 
4 Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota; University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
5 Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 
6 Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania 
7 Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota; Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 
8 Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 
9 Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 
10 Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School; Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia 

Address correspondence to: Joyce A. Adams, MD, UC Davis Pediatrics, 2516 Stockton Blvd, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95817; Phone: +1 (916) 734-3112

Abstract

The medical evaluation is an important part of the clinical and legal process when child sexual abuse is suspected. Practitioners who examine children need to be up to date on current recommendations regarding when, how, and by whom these evaluations should be conducted, as well as how the medical findings should be interpreted. A previously published article on guidelines for medical care for sexually abused children has been widely used by physicians, nurses, and nurse practitioners to inform practice guidelines in this field. Since 2007, when the article was published, new research has suggested changes in some of the guidelines and in the table that lists medical and laboratory findings in children evaluated for suspected sexual abuse and suggests how these findings should be interpreted with respect to sexual abuse. A group of specialists in child abuse pediatrics met in person and via online communication from 2011 through 2014 to review published research as well as recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics and to reach consensus on if and how the guidelines and approach to interpretation table should be updated. The revisions are based, when possible, on data from well-designed, unbiased studies published in high-ranking, peer-reviewed, scientific journals that were reviewed and vetted by the authors. When such studies were not available, recommendations were based on expert consensus.

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Key Words : Child sexual abuse, Differential diagnosis, Sexually transmitted infections, Expert opinion, Medical history taking, Peer review, Expert testimony


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 The authors indicate no conflicts of interest. The authors received financial support from the Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ) by grant number 2013-CI-FX-K001.


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Vol 29 - N° 2

P. 81-87 - avril 2016 Retour au numéro
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