Diseases

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.

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Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2003

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  • Brain Injuries (1984-2002)
  • Child Abuse (1984-2002)

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  1. C10w.900.300w.087.850w
  2. C26w.915.300w.200.825w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Shaken Baby Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D038642. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D038642
  2. Shaken Baby Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaken_baby_syndrome
  3. Shaken Baby Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304399