A Typical Case of Child Abuse: A Case Report

Authors

  • Deepeshwara Nepal WHO Fellow in Neonatology, Senior Medical Officer, Kanti Children Hospital, Kathmandu
  • Ajaya Kumar Dhakal Paediatrics Resident, IOM, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
  • Dinesh Banstola Assistant Professor of Physiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
  • Chandeshwar Mahaseth Professor of Paediatrics, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v30i1.2462

Keywords:

Children, child abuse, DKA

Abstract

Child abuse is common but still unnoticed, undiagnosed, neglected childhood problem in Nepal. Child abuse has diverse clinical manifestation ranging from minor injury to severe head trauma to simulating severe medical problem. The true incidence of intentional head injury in children remains uncertain in Nepal. We are reporting a case of child abuse with blunt head trauma with intracranial hemorrhage presenting as a loss of consciousness simulating as a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

Key words: Children, child abuse, DKA

DOI: 10.3126/jnps.v30i1.2462

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society Vol.30(1) 2010 53-56

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Nepal, D., Dhakal, A. K., Banstola, D., & Mahaseth, C. (2009). A Typical Case of Child Abuse: A Case Report. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 30(1), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v30i1.2462

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