OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of perpetrator gender on victim presentation and outcomes, and perpetrator legal outcomes for abusive @entity542 (AHT). METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review of AHT cases from 1998 to 2008. @entity1 clinical data and information regarding perpetrator legal outcome was obtained. Relationship of @entity1545 and @entity5861 ( @entity5861 ) and differences in categorical variables of perpetrator gender were compared by using Fisher's exact test. Differences in continuous variables between perpetrator gender were compared by using the Mann-Whitney Test. RESULTS: There were 34 cases of AHT with identified perpetrators, 17 of each gender. Mean age of the victims was 9.4 months (SD: 7.8). Thirty-two (94%) had @entity932 , 14 (41%) had both primary and secondary @entity1545 , 28 (82%) had @entity5861 , and 6 (18%) died. The severity of RH was related to the severity of @entity1545 (P = .01). The median age for female perpetrators (34 years) was higher than that for males (27 years; P = .001). Six categorical variables were associated with male perpetrator gender: acute presenting symptoms of @entity1576 (P = .025), worse clinical outcome (P = .012), neurosurgical intervention (P = .037), @entity204 (P = .018), perpetrator confession (P = .0001), and conviction (P = .005). CONCLUSIONS: There were significant perpetrator gender differences of AHT in @entity1 . Male perpetrators were younger and more likely to confess and be convicted. Victims of male perpetrators had more serious acute presentations and neurosurgical intervention and suffered worse clinical outcomes.

Abusive XXXX in @entity1 : a comparison of male and female perpetrators.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Patient'] @entity1545 :: ('MESH:D020214', 'Disease') :: ['brain injuries', 'brain injury'] @entity932 :: ('MESH:D020300', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial hemorrhages'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head trauma'] @entity5861 :: ('MESH:D012166', 'Disease') :: ['retinal hemorrhages', 'RHs'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['cardiopulmonary or respiratory arrest'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity542 :: (MESH:D006259,Disease) :: ['head trauma']
