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Mankad K, Chhabda S, Lim W, et al. Infant death data come from a subset of death data for Texas residents under 1 year of age who died in Texas and out-of-state. Are Complex Skull Fractures Indicative of Either Child Abuse or Major Trauma in the Era of 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography. The importance of optic nerve sheath hemorrhage as a postmortem finding in cases of fatal abusive head trauma: a 13-year study in a tertiary hospital. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. Martin, E., Kraft, J., Wilder, R., et al. Injury Epidemiology. So, what should you be aware of, what should you watch for? Long-term outcome in a case of shaken baby syndrome. August 2016. Pediatrics: September 2010, Sandeep Narang. December 2022. August 2022. August 2022. July 2020. Obry, S., Roman, E., Tavernier, E., et al. Weiss, R, He, C., Khan, S., et al. Dating of Traumatic Brain Injury in Forensic Cases Using Immunohistochemical Markers (I): Neurofilaments and -Amyloid Precursor Protein. Utility of three-dimensional and reformatted head computed tomography images in the evaluation of pediatric abusive head trauma. Neurosurgery. Arnold, T., Siekmann, T., Thackeray, J., et al. The diagnosis and management of abusive head injuries in infancy in Egypt. Imaging of Abusive Head Trauma: A Radiologists' Perspective. September 2022. July 2022. Journal of Pediatrics. Reasonable suspicion in reporting child maltreatment: a survey among German healthcare professionals. Infant skull fracture risk for low height falls. Yoon, S., Lee, Juyoung, Jun. November 2022. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. May 2019. May 2019. Castellani RJ and Schmidt CJ. September 2015. These injuries can cause permanent brain damage or death. Rise in the incidence of abusive head trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bartschat S1, Richter C2, Stiller D2, Banschak S3. 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The outcomes for victims of SBS/AHT largely depend on the severity of the abuse. It usually occurs when a parent or other caregiver shakes a baby out of anger or frustration, often because the baby will not stop crying. January 2019. Pediatric Emergency Care. Subcortical Lacerations, a Significant Sign of Shaken Baby Syndrome - Diagnosis with High-Resolution Duplex Sonography. Narang SK, Estrada C, Greenberg S, Lindberg DM. Inter-rater reliability of physical abuse determinations in young children with fractures. Metz, J.B., Otjen, J.P., Perez, F.A., et al. Eismann, E.A., Shapiro, R.A., Makoroff, K.L., et al. Critical Care Medicine. Yonai, Y., Merav, B.N., Finkel, B., et al. Retinal and visual function in infants with non-accidental trauma and retinal hemorrhages. Luyet FM, Feldman KW, Knox BL. Complex Pathophysiology of Abusive Head Trauma with Poor Neurological Outcome in Infants. 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Prevalence of Abuse Among Young Children With Rib Fractures. Hansen JB, Frazier T, Moffat M, Zinkus T, Anderst JD. Most in Babies Less Than 6 Months Old. Journal of Neurology: 2014, Cindy W. Christian &Alex V. Levin, Pediatrics: 2018. April 2022. The 30 clock hours of annual training are exclusive of any requirements for the licensing Pre-application Course, first-aid and CPR training, and transportation safety training. Shaken baby syndrome is a form of child abuse, and is more formally referred to as pediatric abusive head trauma (AHT). June 2022. December 2022. Shaken baby syndrome is used to explain a triad of injuries in children . Discrepancies between children's and caregivers' child maltreatment reporting and their associations with child wellbeing. Fore, H.H. Evaluating abusive head trauma in children <5 years old: Risk factors and the importance of the social history. Child's Nervous System. A JUDGE FINALLY CALLED BS ON 'SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME'. Abusive head trauma (AHT), which includes shaken baby syndrome, is a preventable and severe form of physical child abuse that results in an injury to the brain of an infant or child. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. How can the injuries be dated and the time of injuries be determined? The role of household composition of children diagnosed with abusive head trauma. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Milner, J.D., Hartnett, D.A., DeFroda, S.F., et al. MeSH terms Child Child Abuse* . Journal of Controversies in Biomedical Research. October 2021. 80% Suffer Lifelong Disabilities. Identifying Child Abuse Fatalities During Infancy. Shaken Baby Syndrome is seen most frequently in those younger that 6 months old, but can occur up to the age of three. Differences in Incidence and Case Fatality of Abusive Head Trauma. American Journal of Roentgenology. Cerebrospinal fluid interaction with cerebral cortext during pediatric abusive head trauma. If you believe that your baby may have been shaken and needs immediate medical attention, please call 911. Retina hemorrhages typically happen in both eyes (bilateral) but can also be unilateral (one eye). Effect of Educational Program on Mothers' Perception and Practices Regarding Crying and Shaken Infant Syndrome. Photosensitive cells calls rods and cones in the retina convert light energy into signals that are carried to the brain by the optic nerve. Prevalence and distribution of occult fractures on skeletal surveys in children with suspected non-accidental trauma imaged or reviewed in a tertiary Dutch hospital. A suspected case of shaken baby syndromeclinical management in Germany: a case-based overview. Serious brain injury and even death can occur. Reasonable suspicion in reporting child maltreatment: a survey among German healthcare professionals. Clinical Characteristics and Nonconvulsive Seizures in Young Children with Abusive Head Trauma. 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Retinal hemorrhages, especially those at the ora serrata and those involving many layers of the retina are frequently seen in SBS/AHT victims and are uncommon in other types of head injury. Fitzpatrick S and Leach P. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Sometimes a baby who seems healthy dies during sleep. [Effectiveness of an educational video about infant crying on prevention of shaken baby syndrome among pregnant Japanese women and their partners]. Abusive Head Trauma: Understanding Head Injury Maltreatment. Akie, T.E., Gupta, M., Rodriguez, R.M., et al. Pediatric Emergency Care. January 2022. Chang, Y.T., Feng, J.Y., Chang, H.Y., et al. Short Falls inChildhoodOccasionally Cause Major Brain Injuries Because of Unusual Circumstances. Orthopedic manifestations of child abuse. Pediatric Surgery Interational. Derivation and Validation of a Serum Biomarker Panel to Identify Infants with Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage. Ruest S, Kanaan G, Moore J, & Goldberg AP. 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