The nature of shaken baby syndrome injuries and the significance of a "Lucid Interval"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-121

  Talbert, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; CONCUSSION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43949125821     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. American Academy of Pediatrics. Shaken baby syndrome: inflicted cerebral trauma. Pediatrics 1993;92:872-75.
2. Geddes J.F., Vowles G.H., Hackshaw A.K., Nickois C.D., Scott I.S., and Whitwell H.L. Neuropathology of inflicted head injury in children. II. Microscopic brain injury in infants. Brain 124 (2001) 1299-1306
3. Goldsmith W., and Plunkett J. A biomechanical analysis of the causes of traumatic brain injury in infants and children. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 25 (2004) 89-100
4. Ommaya A.K., Faas F., and Yarnell P. Whiplash injury and brain damage. JAMA 204 (1968) 285-289
5. Vowles G.H., Scholtz C.L., and Cameron J.M. Diffuse axonal injury in early infancy. J Clin Pathol 40 (1987) 185-189
6. Squier W. Shaken baby syndrome: the quest for evidence. Dev Med Child Neurol 50 (2008) 10-40
7. Gennarelli T.A., Thibault L.E., Adams J.H., Graham D.I., Thompson C.J., and Marcincin R.P. Diffuse axonal injury and traumatic coma in the primate. Ann Neurol 12 (1982) 564-574
8. Adams J.H., Graham D.I., Murray L.S., and Scott G. Diffuse axonal injury due to nonmissile head injury in humans: an analysis of 45 cases. Ann Neurol 12 (1982) 557-563
9. Warwick R., and Williams P.L. Neurology. In: Warwick R., and Williams P.L. (Eds). Gray's anatomy (1973), Longmans, Edinburgh 746-1169
10. American Academy of Pediatrics. Shaken baby syndrome: rotational cranial injuries - Technical Report. Pediatrics 2001;108:206-10.
11. Cormack D.H. Nervous tissue and the nervous system. In: Cormack D.H. (Ed). Ham's histology (1987), JB Lippincott, Philadelphia 340-387
12. Moore K.L., Dalley A.F., and Head. In: Moore K.L., and Dalley A.F. (Eds). Clinically oriented anatomy (2006), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 885-1043
13. Talbert D.G. Dysphagia as a risk factor for sudden unexplained death in infancy. Med Hypotheses 67 (2006) 786-791
14. Amin R.S. Gastroesophageal reflux and infant apnea. J Pediatr 137 (2000) 298-300
15. Illingworth R.S. Sucking and swallowing difficulties in infants. Arch Dis Child 44 (1969) 655-665
16. Talbert D.G. Paroxysmal cough injury as an alternative aetiology for apparent "shaken baby syndrome". Early Human Dev 81 (2005) 717-718
17. Widdicombe J.G. Reflexes from the upper respiratory tract. In: Fishman A.P., Cherniak N.S., and Widdicombe J.G. (Eds). The respiratory system section 3, vol. 2, control of breathing part 1 (1986), Am Physiol Soc, Bethesda 363-394
18. Geddes J.F., and Talbert D.G. Paroxysmal coughing, subdural and retinal bleeding: a computer modelling approach. Neuropath Appl Neurobiol 32 (2006) 625-634