hrp0089p1-p030 | Bone, Growth Plate & Mineral Metabolism P1 | ESPE2018

Bone Biochemistry in Children with Fractures Presenting with Suspected Non-accidental Injury

Forbes Owen , McNeilly Jane , McDevitt Helen , Houston James , Ahmed S. Faisal , Mason Avril

Introduction: Fractures have been recorded in up to one third of children who have suffered from physical abuse. The British Paediatric and Adolescent Bone Group (BPABG) position statement on vitamin D states that the level of 25 hydroxyvitamin D is not relevant to causation of fractures unless there is radiological or biochemical evidence of rickets. Clinicians are often asked in the court setting about the relevance of abnormal serum investigations in children who have fract...