Up to one-third of women with isolated ulnar fractures may have confirmed or suspected intimate partner violence (IPV), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, held virtually from November 29 to…
Researchers didn't correlate ulnar fractures with domestic violence until recently Approximately one-third of domestic violence victims may suffer from a specific type of fracture to the forearm, which underscores the need for proper screenings, per a news release. More specifically, researchers from…
Radiological Society of North America Online https://twitter.com/KhuranaBharti/status/1333475344846872581
Up to one-third of adult women who sustain a non-displaced fracture to the ulna bone of the forearm may be victims of intimate partner violence, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of…
Jeffrey Klein, MD, reviews the article ”Intimate Partner Violence: A Primer for Radiologists to Make the 'Invisible” Visible' See Alessandrino et al., RadioGraphics 2020; 40:2080–2097. Source: RadioGraphics Podcasts | RSNA
Department of Quality and Safety asked Bharti Khurana, MD, founding director of the Trauma Imaging Research and Innovation Center, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, to talk about her groundbreaking project that works to more quickly and easily identify…
Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation Symposium Boston, MA https://twitter.com/BrighamWomens/status/1326975152349962241
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious and widely prevalent public health crisis that is defined as physical, sexual, or emotional violence between partners. One out of 2 female and 1 out of 13 male murder victims in the United…
There was a higher incidence and severity of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) among patients seen at a large, academic medical center in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prior three years, according to a new study…
BayState Medical Center Springfield, MA https://twitter.com/KhuranaBharti/status/1280935168296058886