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Abusive Head Trauma in Children: A Literature Review [PDF]

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2013
Objective: : To review the scientific literature on pediatric abusive head trauma as a form of physical abuse against infants and young children, highlighting the prevalence, signs and symptoms, consequences, risk factors for its occurrence, and ...
Nahara R.L. Lopes, Evelyn Eisenstein, Lúcia C.A. Williams   +2 more
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Circularity bias in abusive head trauma studies could be diminished with a new ranking scale [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2016
Causality in abusive head trauma has never been fully established and hence no gold standard exists for the diagnosis. Implications hereof include bias introduced by circular reasoning and a shift from a trustful doctor patient relationship to a ...
Göran Högberg, Bonnie Colville-Ebeling, Ulf Högberg, Peter Aspelin   +3 more
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Characteristics and Popularity of Videos of Abusive Head Trauma Prevention: Systematic Appraisal [PDF]

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundNumerous strategies for preventing abusive head trauma (AHT) have been proposed, but controlled studies failed to demonstrate their effectiveness.
Luc Goethals, Victoria Prokofieva Nelson, Fabien Fenouillet, Karine Chevreul, Manon Bergerat, Christine Lebreton, Yacine Refes, Flora Blangis, Martin Chalumeau, Enora Le Roux   +9 more
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Call for transparency regarding diagnostic certainty in Abusive Head Trauma [PDF]

Forensic Science International: Synergy
Roland N. Auer, Keith Button, Stephen Cordner, Johan Duflou, Bernard Echenne, Vineta Fellman, Steven Gabaeff, John Galaznik, Saadi Ghatan, Ulf Högberg, John C. Hunsaker, III, William Lee, III, Niels Lynøe, Julie Mack, Evan Matshes, Tommie Olofsson, Matthew Orde, Guillaume Sébire, James Tibballs, Carola G. Vinuesa, Knut Wester, Ronald Wright, Anna Ybo   +22 more
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Pediatric abusive head trauma

Biomedical Journal, 2020
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.
Kun-Long Hung
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Comparisons of characteristics and outcome between abusive head trauma and non-abusive head trauma in a pediatric intensive care unit

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2023
Background: Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of death in infants with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Early recognition of AHT is important for improving outcomes, but it can be challenging due to its similar presentations with non-abusive ...
Yi-Ching Liu, I-Chen Chen, Hsin-Ling Yin, Yen-Hsien Wu, Shih-Hsing Lo, Wen-Chen Liang, Twei-Shiun Jaw, Zen-Kong Dai, Jong-Hau Hsu   +8 more
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Use of Point-of-care Ultrasound for the Seizing Infant: An Adjunct for Detection of Abusive Head Trauma

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020
Case Presentation: An eight-week-old infant presented to the emergency department in cardiac arrest. Return of spontaneous circulation was obtained and the patient subsequently began seizing.
Jonathan Rowland, Dean Fouchia, Mark Favot   +2 more
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Bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachments from giant retinal tears in an infant with abusive head trauma and Stickler syndrome

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020
Purpose: To present a rare presentation of abusive head trauma (AHT) in an infant with a hereditary vitreoretinopathy. Observations: A two-month-old infant female victim of AHT presented with bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachments from giant ...
Jared J. Ebert, Virginia M. Utz, Robert A. Sisk   +2 more
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ICD-10 codes for surveillance of non-fatal abusive head trauma in Aotearoa New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives To assess the validity of an International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code based definition of non-fatal head trauma caused by child abuse (abusive head trauma) for population surveillance in New Zealand.Design A retrospective cohort ...
Patrick Kelly, Joanne Knappstein, Peter W Reed   +2 more
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Perpetrators of Abusive Head Trauma

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995
The identity of abusers and their relationship to victims was studied by reviewing medical charts of 151 head injured children, aged 24 months or younger, seen at the Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO from Jan 1982 - Jan 1994.
J Gordon Millichap
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