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Pediatric abusive head trauma.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Abusive head trauma in children under 2 years of age in Latin America: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Pooled it
- Postmortem CT angiography of fetuses, infants and children up to 12 years old a systematic review and conceptual decision tree.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying key risk factors for the recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo following successful canalith repositioning maneuvers: a meta analysis.European journal of medical research · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of Delayed Healthcare Presentation and Associated Factors in Patients with Predominantly Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Hypothermia and cold injuries - rare but severe manifestations of child abuse and neglect.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Review
- Trends in pediatric traumatic brain injury-related mortality in the United States from 1999 to 2024: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Guidance for a clinical and forensic diagnosis of pediatric abusive head trauma: a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Abusive head trauma: a consensus statement on a shared workflow model within the Balkan network for quality improvement in forensic medicine.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Forensic Autopsy in a Long-Term Survivor of Abusive Head Trauma: An Unusual Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploration of circulating metabolites in infants with abusive head trauma.Current research in neurobiology · 2025Article
- Time-limited association between plasma transfusion and mortality in pediatric traumatic brain injury.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2025Article
- Impact of Early Plasma Resuscitation in Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2025Article
- Shaking into deficits: investigating behavioural and neuropathological outcomes associated with a novel preclinical model of infant abusive head trauma.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
- Impact of trauma center status on radiology resident performance in detecting non-accidental trauma on the WIDI SIM exam.Pediatric radiology · 2025Article
- Long-Term Outcomes of Intentional Head Trauma in Infants: A Comprehensive Follow-Up of Medical, Developmental, Psychological, and Legal Perspectives.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Assessment of Mothers' Shaking Behavior of their Babies and Related Factors: An Experimental Approach Using an Accelerometer and an Infant Manikin.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- A lifetime perspective on risk factors for cognitive decline with a special focus on early events.Cerebral circulation - cognition and behavior · 2024Article
- A retrospective study of ophthalmologic presentation, management, and outcomes in pediatric patients admitted with abusive head trauma.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): State of the Art and Future Directions.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Review
- Effects of decompressive craniectomy combined with edaravone on postoperative neurological functions and hemodynamics of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Abusive head trauma (AHT), used to be named shaken baby syndrome, is an injury to the skull and intracranial components of a baby or child younger than 5 years due to violent shaking and/or abrupt impact. It is a worldwide leading cause of fatal head injuries in children under 2 years. The mechanism of AHT includes shaking as well as impact, crushing or their various combinations through acceleration, deceleration and rotational force. The diagnosis of AHT should be based on the existence of multiple components including subdural hematoma, intracranial pathology, retinal hemorrhages as well as rib and other fractures consistent with the mechanism of trauma. The differential diagnosis must exclude those medical or surgical diseases that can mimic AHT such as traumatic brain injury, cerebral sinovenous thrombosis, and hypoxic-ischemic injury. As for the treatment, most of the care of AHT is supportive. Vital signs should be maintained. Intracranial pressure, if necessary, should be monitored and controlled to ensure adequate cerebral perfusion pressure. There are potential morbidity and mortality associated with AHT, ranging from mild learning disabilities to severe handicaps and death. The prognosis of patients with AHT correlates with the extent of injury identified on CT and MRI imaging. The outcome is associated with the clinical staging, the extent of increased intracranial pressure and the existence of neurological complications such as acquired hydrocephalus or microcephalus, cortical blindness, convulsive disorder, and developmental delay. AHT is a potentially preventable disease, therefore, prevention should be stressed in all encounters within the family, the society and all the healthcare providers.
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