"Shaken Baby Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.
Descriptor ID |
D038642
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.900.300.087.850 C26.915.300.200.825
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2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shaken Baby Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Using the table in the Swedish review on shaken baby syndrome will not help courts deliver justice. Acta Paediatr. 2017 07; 106(7):1043-1045.
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Baby thought to have been shaken has rare syndrome, family court finds. BMJ. 2017 05 02; 357:j2136.
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Extensive shaken baby syndrome review provides a clear signal that more research is needed. Acta Paediatr. 2017 07; 106(7):1028-1030.
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Shaken baby syndrome: a common variant of non-accidental head injury in infants. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2009 Mar; 106(13):211-7.
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Intervention type matters in primary prevention of abusive head injury: event history analysis results. Child Abuse Negl. 2008 Oct; 32(10):949-57.