Educational paper: Abusive head trauma part I. Clinical aspects

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-423

  Sieswerda Hoogendoorn, Tessa ^a,b   Boos, Stephen ^c   Spivack, Betty ^d   Bilo, Rob A C ^a   Van Rijn, Rick R ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Baystate Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d Consulting Child Abuse Paediatrician in Buffalo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head trauma; Child abuse; Haematoma, subdural; Head injury, closed

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; APNEA; BIRTH INJURY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURORADIOLOGY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 84860294324     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1598-z     Document Type: Review

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