PAN | Description |
Definite inflicted injury | This included pattern bruising, unexplained posterior rib fractures, reliable eyewitness of abuse, highly suspicious injury (pinna bruising) |
Suspicious for inflicted injury | Includes history inconsistent with injuries, multiple severe injuries of different age without explanation, concerning injury with no mechanism. |
Unclear for abuse | Insufficient information to offer an opinion, non-concerning injury but past suspicious injury with same caregiver, sequence of events clear but uncertain whether they constitute abuse. |
Unclear, other CM concerns | Unclear; however, the assessment revealed other CM concerns |
Accidental injury, not concerning for abuse | Mechanism explains the injuries with consistent history, conditions that mimic abuse, that is, Mongolian spots. Those injuries were either typical of normal play or there was a witnessed and/or credible parental story of injury. |
CM, childmaltreatment; SA, sexual assault.