Estimation of the age of bruising

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dc.contributor.authorStephenson, T., & Bialas, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-09T19:54:59Z
dc.date.available2014-12-09T19:54:59Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractPaediatricians are often requested to give an opinion on the age of a non-accidental bruise. In forensic textbooks, the colour changes which a bruise undergoes with time are not based on research in children. The purpose of this study was to document the sequence of colour changes in photographs taken following accidental bruising in children. Fifty accidental bruises of known age in 23 children were photographed by a medical photographer using the same equipment throughout. The photographs were reviewed by a single observer, blind to the true age of the injury, who described the colours present in the bruise. Red colouration was seen in 15 out of 37 bruises which were less than one week old. Yellow colouration was seen in 10 out of 42 bruises over one day old. Aging of bruises from photographs was much less precise than textbooks imply.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStephenson, T., & Bialas, Y. (1996). Estimation of the age of bruising. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 74(1), 53-55.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://adc.bmj.com/content/74/1/53.full.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1936
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArchives of Disease in Childhooden_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectbruisingen_US
dc.subjectagingen_US
dc.subjectnon-accidentalen_US
dc.subjectphysical abuseen_US
dc.titleEstimation of the age of bruisingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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