... problems with memory and attention severe mental retardation cerebral palsy Even in milder cases, in which babies looks ...

This book provides a description for all the known radiological alterations occurring in child abuse. This allows for precise interpretation of findings by radiologists. It also helps eliminate the confusion among both clinicians and non-medical personnel involved in the diagnosis, management, and legal issues related to child abuse. CONTENTS: ...

Abusive head trauma (AHT) affects one in 4000-5000 infants every year and is one of the most serious forms of physical child abuse that has a high associated mortality and morbidity. Differentiating this form of abuse from another potential cause of brain injury is of utmost importance to the ...

Abusive head injury, characterized by repeated acceleration-deceleration forces, is associated with retinal hemorrhages as demonstrated in many clinical and postmortem studies. The theory that vitreoretinal traction is the major factor in the pathogenesis of retinal hemorrhages is presently the most widely accepted explanation based on different lines of ...

Shaken baby syndrome is a term often used by physicians and the public to describe abusive head trauma inflicted on infants and young children. Although the term is well known and has been used for a number of decades, advances in the understanding of the mechanisms and clinical spectrum of injury associated with ...

Non-accidental head trauma in infants is the leading cause of infant death from injury. Clinical features that suggest head trauma (also known as shaken baby syndrome or shaken impact syndrome) include the triad consisting of retinal hemorrhage, subdural, and/or subarachnoid hemorrhage in an infant with little ...

Abusive head trauma (AHT) has greater mortality and morbidity than any other form of physical abuse. Therefore, early recognition and accurate diagnosis are essential for comprehensive investigation and appropriate treatment of infants who present with this devastating traumatic injury. Advanced practice nurses ...

Objective: To describe the presenting characteristics, hospital course, and hospital charges associated with hospital admissions for head trauma in young children at a regional pediatric trauma center, and to examine whether these factors differ among abused and non-abused subjects. Method: ...

The prevalence of traumatic stress in the lives of families who are homeless is extraordinarily high. Often these families are headed by single mothers who have experienced ongoing trauma in the form of childhood abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and community violence, as well as the trauma associated with ...

Objectives: To present a detailed confession from a perpetrator of Shaken Baby syndrome. Methods: Case study. Results: We present a confession of Shaken Baby syndrome describing how the perpetrator severely injured a 3 year old with repeated bursts of acceleration-deceleration (shaking). The child sustained retinal and intracranial hemorrhage. Details of the confession and circumstances by which ...

PurposeTo describe the prevalence of retinal hemorrhages in children being evaluated for abusive head trauma and quantify the association between the likelihood of abuse and the presence and severity of retinal hemorrhages.MethodsRetrospective cross-sectional study of 110 children aged 15 months or younger who were ...

... extent of the head trauma. What is a concussion? A concussion is an injury to the head area that ...

Abusive head trauma (AHT) is one of the most severe forms of physical child abuse. If a child initially survives severe AHT the neurological outcome can be poor. In recent years several children were seen who developed multicystic encephalomalacia (MCE) after documented severe AHT. A search of the Netherlands ...

Retinal hemorrhage is a cardinal manifestation of abusive head trauma. Over the 30 years since the recognition of this association, multiple streams of research, including clinical, postmortem, animal, mechanical, and finite element studies, have created a robust understanding of the clinical features, diagnostic importance, ...

An unusual form of fatal child abuse is reported in which investigations by the police and the medical examiner were able to distinguish blunt force head trauma followed by postmortem dismemberment from a fatal dog attack. A discussion of the approaches used to ascertain the correct diagnosis is presented, as well as an overview of dog ...

... Journal of Trauma, 33, 1-5 ... of children, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and/or sexual violence ... The Army Central Registry provided the data for this ...

Child neurologists must remain vigilant to the possibility of nonaccidental injury. Just as clinicians have become accustomed to considering potential abuse or neglect in children presenting with a head injury or skeletal trauma, physical abuse must also be considered when children present with lesions at other ...

... Descriptors : *TRAUMA, *SLEEP, SYMPOSIA, BRAIN, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, HEAD(ANATOMY), POLAND, CONCUSSION. ...

... We have determined that a gradient exists in sympathetic nervous system activation after head trauma indicating that peripheral neurohumoral ...

The authors describe the types, signs, and symptoms of blunt abdominal injury. Record reviews of children <5 years old were carried out at a regional children's hospital or level 1 trauma center between 1994 and 1999. Recognized cases of child abuse, penetrating trauma, or children with an unavailable chart were excluded. The mean ...

Objective: To analyze perpetrator and medical evidence collected during investigations of infant abusive head trauma (IAHT), with a view to (a) identifying cases where injuries were induced by shaking in the absence of any impact and (b) documenting the response of infant victims to a violent shaking event. Method: A retrospective ...

Head injury from physical abuse is unfortunately a common occurrence in our society. It is a major cause of mortality and long-term physical and psychological disability in children. Diagnosis of non-accidental head injury may be difficult, as most infants present with non-specific clinical findings and without external signs of ...

................................................................................................11 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AUDIT FINDINGS .......................................................................12 Child Abuse and Neglect Summary: PARTNER ABUSE DELPHI ITEM ANALYSIS.............................. 27 APPENDIX F: CHILD ...

... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Published in Military Medicine, 2001 ... abuse and current trauma symptomatology. ... of only childhood sexual abuse (CSA ...

... abuse against women, including emotional, sexual and physical ... the percentage of military women not ... health outcomes including (trauma) for those ...

Unfortunately, head trauma caused by shaken baby syndrome is a common occurrence in infants and young children. The proper treatment and safety of these children can be enhanced by the nurse's ability to recognize features characteristic of this syndrome. If abuse is suspected, appropriate physicians, child-protective, and ...

Advanced and specialized radiological diagnostics are essential in the case of clinical suspicion of pediatric injuries to the head, thorax, abdomen, and extremities when there is no case history or when "battered child syndrome" is assumed on the basis of inadequate trauma. In particular, the aim of this sophisticated diagnostic procedure is the detection ...

Advanced and specialized radiological diagnostic procedures are essential in cases of clinically diagnosed injuries to the head, thorax, abdomen or extremities of a child, especially if there is no case history or if the reporting of an inadequate trauma suggests battered child syndrome. In particular, these diagnostic procedures should aim at detecting ...

Case study dealing addressing the relationship between alcohol abuse and the antidiuretic hormone and with renal trauma

... US Army Medical Research and ... IdentIfy by block number) Head trauma, brain injury ... nervous system, catecholamines, sex steroids, gonadotropins ...

Early enteral nutrition reduces mortality and morbidity in head trauma patients as well as burn and ICU patients. PMID:21846247

Head injury can occur when the head and neck is thrown violently such as in an accident. This type of head injury can also cause injury to the brain ...

... increased bearing surface provided w.hen the restraint is inflated; reduces head rotation and whiplash induced trauma. ...

... on the body because of the increased bearing surface provided when the restraint is inflated; reduces head rotation and whiplash induced trauma. ...

... HEAD(ANATOMY), *TRAUMA, *RESPONSE(BIOLOGY), *CADAVERS, VELOCITY, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, MEASUREMENT, HUMANS, ...

ObjectiveTo review the clinical presentation and CT and MRI findings in patients with high clinical suspicion of non-accidental trauma (NAT); to examine associations between imaging findings and neurological long-term outcome in abused children.Patients and MethodsA retrospective review of 57 cases of non-accidental trauma (NAT) from a ...

Objective: The primary objective was to determine which of the examined factors prompted physicians to initiate a further abuse evaluation in young children with minor head injury. The recording of important historical elements in the charts of these patients was also evaluated. Methods: Charts of 349 children less than 3 years of age with minor ...

Twenty-eight non-fatal cases of TV related injuries were noted in San Diego in the 2 years prior to September 2008. We reviewed the scene, witness reports, past history, and autopsy findings from three fatal cases and distinguished them from abusive head trauma. The recent literature was also reviewed. Our fatal cases resulted from TVs ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a form of neurodegeneration believed to result from repeated head injuries. Originally termed dementia pugilistica because of its association with boxing, the neuropathology of CTE was first described by Corsellis in 1973 in a case series of 15 retired boxers. CTE has recently been found to occur after other causes of repeated ...

In the recent decades research on child abuse has grown impressively. Four types of child abuse: physical, psychological (emotional), sexual, and neglect have been clinically observed and defined. In 1972, John Caffey, a pediatric radiologist, published an article on the theory and practice of the abusive shaking of infants. This was ...

Central Nervous System Disease; Cerebrovascular Accident; Craniocerebral Trauma; Head Injury; Healthy; Stroke

? We describe an infant with an acute subdural hematoma, a fatal head injury, and severe hemorrhagic retinopathy caused by a stairway fall. His cerebral and ocular findings are considered diagnostic of abusive head trauma by many authors. Our literature search of serious injuries or fatalities from stairway or ...

This book is intended to be the current standard for computed tomography in the evaluation of trauma. It summarizes two years of experience at San Francisco General Hospital. The book is organized into seven chapters, covering head, maxillofacial, laryngeal, spinal, chest, abdominal, acetabular, and pelvic trauma. Extremity ...

Trauma Systems: Establishing Standards, Systems and Information Management Systems, Pathophysiology of Trauma: Biomechanics of Injury, Head Injury, Metabolic Responses, ARDS, Trauma Team Care: Priorities, Team Dynamics, Role of the Team Leader, Impact of ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to test whether alexithymia mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and self-injurious behaviors (SIB) in college women. Method: The sample was comprised of 100 female undergraduate students. Measures were the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire [D. Bernstein, L. Fink, Manual for the Childhood Trauma ...

... within relationships If trauma has occurred within a relationship, for instance if an intimate partner abuses an adult, it can be particularly difficult to relate comfortably in close relationships. In these circumstances, trust has been betrayed, an ...

Paediatric abusive head injury may have grave consequences, especially when characterized by repetitive acceleration-deceleration forces (shaken baby syndrome). Death occurs in approximately 30% and permanent neurologic damage in up to 80% of the victims. Retinal haemorrhages are a cardinal sign seen in approximately 85% of cases. In most cases ...

Objective: This study described the epidemiology of child abuse homicides in the state of Kansas from 1994 to 2007. It focused on obtaining significant details on all recorded child abuse homicides in Kansas during this time frame to provide critical information that can be used for future preventive measures. Methods: A retrospective case review was ...