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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 22;50(3):518–526. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.10.037

Table 5.

Potentially Suspicious Circumstances of Emergency Department (ED) Presentation and/or Injury Patterns among ED Visits (n=45) for Injuries not Identified as Due to Abuse among Known Victims of Physical Elder Abuse, 1981-1994

Subjects ED
visits
potentially suspicious injury / ED presentation circumstances
 injury occurred >1 day before presentation 8 10
 multiple ED visits for similar complaint 3 9
 ED visit for elder abuse within 30 days of presentation 3 3
potentially suspicious injury patterns
 maxillofacial injuries 10 13
 injury to upper extremity above wrist 8 8
 upper (1-5) rib fractures 2 3
 atypical injury combinations: burn and fracture 1 1
 radiologic imaging with acute and older injuries 1 2
two or more suspicious features 6 8