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At the hospital, a CT scan detected subdural hematoma, or a collection of blood between the brain and the skull—one of the symptoms typically associated with "shaken baby syndrome" (SBS), now ...
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS), also known as abusive head trauma (AHT), is a controversial and scientifically disputed [4] [5] [6] medical condition in children younger than five years old, [3] hypothesized to be caused by blunt trauma, vigorous shaking, or a combination of both.
NORTH TEXAS — Two strikingly similar cases involving decades-old claims of shaken baby syndrome are making news this week. In one, a Dallas County man, Andrew Roark, has been exonerated.
A common type of physical abuse in infants, shaken baby syndrome, is often a reaction to infant crying. [31] Infant crying is a leading risk factor for shaken baby syndrome and other infant abuse. [ 32 ] [ 33 ]
The shaken baby syndrome diagnosis from doctors and nurses, their emotional response to Nikki’s condition and Roberson’s odd reaction all stacked against the then-suspect, said Wharton.
Caffey was the first to describe what is now known as shaken baby syndrome with a 1946 article on the association between long bone fractures and subdural hematomas in infants. [2] [4] He also provided the first description of infantile cortical hyperostosis, also known as Caffey's disease. [3]
A pediatrician determined that abuse had played a factor in the girl’s death, after finding signs on her body typically associated with “shaken baby syndrome”, which include subdural ...
He was critical of the broad application of the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis in legal proceedings, saying that medical illnesses could sometimes cause similar issues to shaken baby syndrome. [8] He published a clarion call for civility in the discourse concerning the controversy, and that it was not possible to infer shaking or any other form ...