Children's Outcomes in Road Traffic Accidents: Challenges for Personal Injury Assessment

Overview

Journal Forensic Sci Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Forensic Sciences

Date 2024 Jan 15

PMID 38221969

Authors

Flavia Cunha-Diniz

Tiago Taveira-Gomes

Jose M Teixeira

Teresa Magalhaes

Affiliations

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Abstract

Key Points: This retrospective study of PIA in child victims of RTA in Portugal considered outcomes in victims' real-life situations.Several significant differences between children and young- and middle-aged adults were observed.Children's cases presented better results in terms of the severity of , and outcomes, and permanent damage parameters.The average time between the RTA and final PIA date and the consolidation time were longer for children because of the need to wait for the Children's next growth phase or final pubertal period (as applicable), which increased the time for PIA conclusion.There were several difficulties in the medical-legal evaluation of children's cases, which was a complex process because the trauma affected them in their growth phase.

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