shaken baby syndrome

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shaken baby syndrome

also shaken infant syndrome

Brain injury in an infant caused by being violently shaken or tossed, resulting in intracranial swelling and bleeding and subsequent symptoms such as lethargy, seizures, loss of consciousness and often permanent brain damage or death.

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shaken baby syndrome

(Pathology) a combination of physical injuries and conditions such as brain damage and broken bones, sometimes leading to death, caused by the vigorous shaking of an infant or young child

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shak′en ba′by syn`drome

a condition occurring in infants less than one year old, caused by a violent shaking by the arms and shoulders that makes the brain whip back and forth in the skull, causing subdural hematomas and bleeding in the eyes.

[1990–95]

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Following his death Khaleel was found to have suffered a serious swelling and subdural haematoma, which an expert said was consistent with 'shaken baby syndrome.' And the jury heard a post mortem examination revealed bleeding in Khaleel's eyes and lungs prior to the incident which caused his death - and which could be caused by smothering.

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Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a constellation of medical findings: subdural hematoma, retinal bleeding, fractures, and cerebral edema from which physicians, consistent with current medical understanding, infer child abuse caused by violent shaking.

Losing Patience

LOSING PATIENCE: THE PROBLEMS, ALARMS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME describes the signs and symptoms that result from violently shaking an infant: a practice that can result in handicaps and death, and also covers the past and recent cases of this kind of child abuse as it explores which infants are in danger and what a risky adult caregiver looks like.

Losing Patience

In the study entitled 'Long-term outcomes of the shaken baby syndrome prevention program: Turkey's experience', the mothers who received shaken baby syndrome prevention training during pregnancy and in the first seven days after delivery and the mothers who did not receive such a training were compared and the importance of this training was emphasized.

Editorial

The Infant Cap program and The Period of Purple, which is used by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome in Utah, uses the infant knit caps as a symbol to educate parents and caregivers of newborns about normal infant crying and the dangers of shaking a baby.