id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-255915-7hkn37p2 Garstang, J. Effect of covid-19 lockdown on child protection medical assessments: a retrospective observational study in Birmingham, UK. 2020-08-14 .txt text/plain 3482 193 56 Objectives To determine any change in referral patterns and outcomes in children (0-18) referred for child protection medical examination (CPME) during the covid-19 pandemic compared to previous years. . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.09.20170977 doi: medRxiv preprint Although there has been much professional concern about the potential risk children have faced at home there have been limited data, with one report of an increase in abusive head trauma noted in London (11) and a short report from the North-East of England noting a dramatic decrease in CPME referrals (12) . The aim was to determine differences in the number and outcomes of child protection referrals for CPME in Birmingham during the covid-19 pandemic lockdown (March to June 2020) compared with the same periods in 2018 and 2019. Are there differences in demographic details, referral source and outcomes for children presenting for child protection medical examination during the covid-19 pandemic compared to previous years? ./cache/cord-255915-7hkn37p2.txt ./txt/cord-255915-7hkn37p2.txt