%0 Journal Article
%T Medical Child Abuse: A Review by Subspecialty.
%A Egge MK
%J Adv Pediatr
%V 70
%N 1
%D 2023 08
%M 37422298
暂无%R 10.1016/j.yapd.2023.03.005
%X Medical child abuse (MCA), formerly called Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP or MSBP), occurs when a caregiver, usually the mother, falsifies or exaggerates symptoms resulting in harm to a child through inappropriate medical care. MCA is underrecognized, underreported, and results in significant morbidity and mortality. Pediatrics subspecialists should consider MCA when unusual disease presentation [THAT] do not respond to traditional treatments. This article reviews the more common diagnoses encountered in MCA cases by specialty.