Battered Child Syndrome

Battered Child Syndrome

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The World Health Organization defines the battered child syndrome as every form of physical and/or emotional mistreatment, sexual abuse, abandonment or negligent treatment, exploitation with winnipeg parks shrub rose a commercial aim or of any other type, resulting in a real or potential damage to health, survival, development and dignity of children in the context of a responsible, confident or proxy relationship.This study presents the case of a 2-year-old male transitional patient who was taken to the emergency room dead and with multiple lesions in the body from different dates.There was a history chateau sissan 2019 of leaving hospitalization four days ago.

Necropsy was performed finding multiple signs of violence on inner and outer examination of the body.A conclusion of violent death is reached as a case of battered child syndrome, with child abuse produced by action, in its variant of physical mistreatment.