Book contents
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Book
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Prologue
- Section 2 Medicine
- Chapter 3 The Neuropathology of Shaken Baby Syndrome or Retino-Dural Haemorrhage of Infancy
- Chapter 4 The Importance of the Correlation between Radiology and Pathology in Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Chapter 5 Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Chapter 6 Shaken Baby Syndrome or Benign External Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 7 Are Some Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Incorrectly Diagnosed as Shaken Baby Syndrome?
- Chapter 8 Abusive Head Trauma
- Chapter 9 How I Became a Shaken Baby Syndrome Sceptic Paediatrician
- Section 3 Science
- Section 4 Law
- Section 5 International
- Section 6 Postface
- Appendix: Frequently Repeated Claims concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 8 - Abusive Head Trauma
The Importance of Predisposing Factors
from Section 2 - Medicine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2023
Book contents
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Book
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Prologue
- Section 2 Medicine
- Chapter 3 The Neuropathology of Shaken Baby Syndrome or Retino-Dural Haemorrhage of Infancy
- Chapter 4 The Importance of the Correlation between Radiology and Pathology in Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Chapter 5 Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Chapter 6 Shaken Baby Syndrome or Benign External Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 7 Are Some Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Incorrectly Diagnosed as Shaken Baby Syndrome?
- Chapter 8 Abusive Head Trauma
- Chapter 9 How I Became a Shaken Baby Syndrome Sceptic Paediatrician
- Section 3 Science
- Section 4 Law
- Section 5 International
- Section 6 Postface
- Appendix: Frequently Repeated Claims concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
This chapter reviews predisposing factors for the development of subdural haematoma in infants. These risk factors, directly related to the young age of the infant, are too rarely investigated when subdural hematomas are identified in young infants. Failure to understand the mechanism of the observed anomalies, their histopathology and the underlying biochemical dysfunctions may increase the risk of wrongful medical determinations of child abuse.
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- Shaken Baby SyndromeInvestigating the Abusive Head Trauma Controversy, pp. 138 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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