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Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report
INTRODUCTION: A child experiencing an event of threatening or catastrophic nature may experience considerable post-traumatic psychological distress. Dog bites present an important public health problem and are a frequent cause of physical trauma in children. Physicians who manage paediatric trauma m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-100 |
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author | Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Botzakis, Emmanouil Mplevrakis, Evangelos Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K Arbiros, Ioannis |
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description | INTRODUCTION: A child experiencing an event of threatening or catastrophic nature may experience considerable post-traumatic psychological distress. Dog bites present an important public health problem and are a frequent cause of physical trauma in children. Physicians who manage paediatric trauma may not be vigilant of the high risk of psychological stress in children exposed to a physical injury. CASE PRESENTATION: A 4-year-old white girl of Greek origin, with a dog-bite related trauma was admitted to the University Hospital of Crete, Greece, for surgical repair and intravenous antibiotic therapy due to extensive lesions. Exposure to the traumatic event triggered the onset of an unusual psychological response, selective mutism and acute post-traumatic stress disorder. CONCLUSION: There is limited literature discussing the psychological effect of dog bites in children. Parents and physicians involved in pediatric physical trauma need to be more familiar with post-traumatic behavioral reactions. Awareness of the potential development of such reactions may result in early detection and effective management of children at risk. |
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spelling | pubmed-27830412009-11-26 Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Botzakis, Emmanouil Mplevrakis, Evangelos Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K Arbiros, Ioannis J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: A child experiencing an event of threatening or catastrophic nature may experience considerable post-traumatic psychological distress. Dog bites present an important public health problem and are a frequent cause of physical trauma in children. Physicians who manage paediatric trauma may not be vigilant of the high risk of psychological stress in children exposed to a physical injury. CASE PRESENTATION: A 4-year-old white girl of Greek origin, with a dog-bite related trauma was admitted to the University Hospital of Crete, Greece, for surgical repair and intravenous antibiotic therapy due to extensive lesions. Exposure to the traumatic event triggered the onset of an unusual psychological response, selective mutism and acute post-traumatic stress disorder. CONCLUSION: There is limited literature discussing the psychological effect of dog bites in children. Parents and physicians involved in pediatric physical trauma need to be more familiar with post-traumatic behavioral reactions. Awareness of the potential development of such reactions may result in early detection and effective management of children at risk. BioMed Central 2009-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2783041/ /pubmed/19946578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-100 Text en Copyright ©2009 Anyfantakis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case report Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Botzakis, Emmanouil Mplevrakis, Evangelos Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K Arbiros, Ioannis Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
title | Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
title_full | Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
title_fullStr | Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
title_short | Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
title_sort | selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old girl: a case report |
topic | Case report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-100 |
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