Shaken babies - Some have no impact injuries

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 114-116

  Gilliland, M G F ^a   Folberg, Robert ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; forensic science; ocular hemorrhage; pathology and biology; retinal hemorrhage; shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EYE HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030033936     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Caffey J. The whiplash shaken infant syndrome: manual shaking by the extremities with whiplash-induced intracranial and intraocular bleedings, linked with residual permanent brain damage and mental retardation. Pediatrics 1974;54(4):396-403.
2. Ludwig S, Warman M. Shaken baby syndrome: a review of 20 cases. Ann Emerg Med 1984;13(2):104-7.
3. Duhaime AC, Gennarelli PA, Thibault LE, Brace DA, Margulies, SS, Wiser, R. The shaken baby syndrome: a clinical, pathological, and biomechanical study. J Neurosurg 1987;66(3):409-15.
4. Rao N, Smith R, Chou J, Xu XO, Kornblum R et al. Autopsy findings in the eyes of fourteen fatally abused children. Forensic Sci Int 1988;39(3):293-9.
5. Hadley MN, Sonntag VKH, Rekate HL, Murphy A. The infant whiplash-shake injury syndrome: a clinical and pathological study. Neurosurgery 1989;24(4):536-40.
6. Alexander R, Sato Y, Smith W, Bennett T. Incidence of impact trauma with cranial injuries ascribed to shaking. Am J Dis Childr 1990;144:724-6.
7. Elner SG, Elner VM, Arnall M, Albert DM. Ocular and associated systemic findings in suspected child abuse. Arch Opthalmol 1990;108:1094-1101.
8. Massicotte SJ, Folberg R, Torczynski E, Gilliland MGF, Luckenbach MW. Vitreoretinal traction and perimacular retinal folds in the eyes of deliberately traumatized children. Ophthalmology 1991;98:1124-7.
9. Munger CE, Peiffer RL, Bouldin TW, Kylstra JA, Thompson, RL. Ocular and associated neuropathologic observations in suspected whiplash shaken infant syndrome. Am J Forensic Med Path 1993;14(3):193-200.
10. Budenz DL, Farber MG, Mirchandani HG, Park H, and Rorke LB. Ocular and optic nerve hemorrhages in abused infants with intracranial injuries. Ophthalmology 1994;101(3):559-65.
11. Gilliland MGF, and Luckenbach MW. Are retinal hemorrhages found after resuscitation attempts?. Am J Forensic Med and Path 1993;14(3):187-92.
12. Gilliland MGF, Luckenbach, MW, and Chenier TC. Systemic and ocular findings in 169 prospectively studied child deaths: retinal hemorrhages usually mean child abuse. Forensic Sci Int 1994;-68:117-32.
13. Spevak MR, Klemman PK, Belanger PL, Primack C, Richmond JM. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and rib fractures in infants. JAMA 1994;272(8):617-8.
14. Duhaime AC, Gennarelli PA, Sutton LM, Schut L. The 'Shaken Baby Syndrome': a misnomer?, J Ped Neurosci 1988;4:77-86.
15. Jacobi G. Damage patterns in severe child abuse with and without fatal sequelae. Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde 1986;134(6): 307-15.
16. Riffenburgh RS, Sathyavagiswaran L. The eyes of child abuse victims: autopsy findings. J Forensic Sci 36(3):741-7.