Radiologists must help spot abuse as domestic violence injuries rise during the pandemic – Health Imaging

By recognizing high imaging utilization, location and imaging patterns specific to IPV, old injuries of different body parts, and injuries inconsistent to provided history, radiologists can identify victims of IPV even when the victims are not forthcoming, the team added.
For their results, four emergency radiologists looked at data from 26 victims of abuse reported between March 11 and May 3, along with 42 patients from 2017 to 2019. During the latter timeframe, there were 16 total injuries, c…

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