Retinal hemorrhage in the battered child.

Ocular damage in the battered-baby syndrome.

Twelve out of 19 battered babies seen with ocular damage have permanent impairment of vision affecting one or both eyes. Ocular disease, especially retinal haemorrhage, is common in the battered-baby syndrome, and infants with this condition should always have a complete ophthalmic examination.

Acute Subdural Hematoma in Infants with Abusive Head Trauma: A Literature Review

The number of cases with child abuse is increasing in Japan, and abusive head trauma (AHT) is a major cause of death in abused children. Child abuse has been recognized by the late 19th century, and widely accepted as battered child syndrome in the middle of the 20th century. As terms, there had been considerable mechanistic controversies between shaken-baby and -impact syndrome until the begin...

آزارهای بدنی اطفال بعلت سوء رفتار بزرگترها The Battered Child Syndrome

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Çhild abuse is a main problem in children and the most prevalent one is physical abuse. The most severe otype is shaken baby syndrome (SBS). Ïn this study report is given in a four- month infant facing severe physical abuse. Â four-month breast fed girl infant was admitted to the pediatric ward of amirkola hospital due to convulsio. Âfter control of convulsion and clinical examination, multip...

Infantile subdural haematoma and its relationship to whiplash injuries.

Subdural haematoma is one of the commonest features of the battered child syndrome, yet by no means all the patients so affected have external marks of injury on the head. This suggests that in some cases repeated acceleration/deceleration rather than direct violence is the cause of the haemorrhage, the infant having been shaken rather than struck by its parent. Such an hypothesis might also ex...