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Nonaccidental Injuries in Children

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“CALL DR” is a mnemonic for the key steps in the emergency department “pathway” for nonaccidental injury.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, 229899, Republic of Singapore

    Kee-Chong Ng MBBS, MMed (Paeds) & Peter Choong-Yi Wong MBBS, MMed (Paeds), MRCPCH

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Correspondence to Peter Choong-Yi Wong MBBS, MMed (Paeds), MRCPCH .

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  1. PushpagiriMedical College Hospital, Kerala, India

    Suresh S David

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Ng, KC., Wong, P.CY. (2016). Nonaccidental Injuries in Children. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_12

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