Medical findings and symptoms in infants exposed to witnessed or admitted abusive shaking: A nationwide registry study.

Ingemar ThiblinJacob AnderssonKnut WesterJohan WikströmGöran HögbergUlf Högberg

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The present findings do not support the hypothesis that acute SDH or RH can be caused by isolated shaking of a healthy infant. However, they do suggest that abuse by shaking may cause acute intracranial haemorrhage with RH in infants with certain risk factors.

Keyphrases

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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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optical coherence tomography
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