Medical Evaluation Of The Sexually Abused Child - Part 1

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Finkel ◽  
Teresa Magalhaes ◽  
Arne Myrne
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Medical Evaluation

Medical Evaluation of Sexually Abused Children: A Review of 311 Cases

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Rimsza ◽  
Elaine H. Niggemann
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Physical Examination ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Medical Evaluation ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Victims Of Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

The case records of 311 children and adolescents who were medically evaluated for sexual abuse are reviewed. Only 18% of these victims were assaulted by strangers; 131 of the assailants were relatives. Thirty percent of the victims reported multiple assaults over a time period of one week to nine years. Physical examination showed no abnormalities in only 23% of the patients. Twenty-one patients had gonorrhea and seven patients were pregnant. Guidelines for the medical evaluation of patients suspected to be victims of sexual abuse are discussed.

Molested Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-504
Author(s):  
Howard B. Levy ◽  
Cheryl Y. Clauson
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Rectal Tone ◽  
Rectal Trauma ◽  
Medical Evaluation ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

The article by Rimsza and Niggeman (Pediatrics 69:8, 1982) concerning the medical evaluation of sexually abused children was replete with precise, lucid, and well validated information. We were, however, somewhat perplexed by the use of the term "lax rectal tone." Although we can understand the need to access rectal trauma, the subjectivity of such a finding may peril its reliability and validity. We recently reviewed our experience with sexually molested children at an inner city hospital.

The Medical Evaluation of the Sexually Abused Child: Lessons From a Decade of Research

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 178-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shireen Atabaki ◽  
Jan E. Paradise
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Medical Evaluation

Medical Evaluation Of The Sexually Abused Child - Part 2

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Finkel ◽  
Teresa Magalhaes ◽  
Arne Myrne
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Medical Evaluation
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