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Features of non-accidental injuries:<ref name=pmid20141554>{{cite journal |author=Guyomarc'h P, Campagna-Vaillancourt M, Kremer C, Sauvageau A |title=Discrimination of falls and blows in blunt head trauma: a multi-criteria approach |journal=J. Forensic Sci. |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=423–7 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20141554 |doi=10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01310.x |url=}}</ref> | Features of non-accidental injuries:<ref name=pmid20141554>{{cite journal |author=Guyomarc'h P, Campagna-Vaillancourt M, Kremer C, Sauvageau A |title=Discrimination of falls and blows in blunt head trauma: a multi-criteria approach |journal=J. Forensic Sci. |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=423–7 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20141554 |doi=10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01310.x |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Lacerations: | *Lacerations: | ||
** | **More than three. | ||
**Length >= 7 cm or more. | **Length >= 7 cm or more. | ||
**Location: | **Location: | ||
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*Fractures: | *Fractures: | ||
**Comminuted or depressed calvarial fractures. | **Comminuted or depressed calvarial fractures. | ||
**Fractures located above the HBL. | **Location: | ||
**Left-sided fractures. | ***Fractures located above the HBL. | ||
*Facial | ***Left-sided fractures. | ||
**Greater than four facial contusions | ***Facial fractures. | ||
** | *Contusions: | ||
*"Postcranial osseous" [sic] and/or visceral trauma. | **Greater than four facial contusions. | ||
*Other: | |||
**"Postcranial osseous" [sic] (non-rib, non-skull) and/or visceral trauma. | |||
Note: The paper doesn't give odds ratios for the the different features -- like in the rational clinical exam series... it is a shame. | |||
===Commotio cordis=== | ===Commotio cordis=== | ||