Shaken baby syndrome
Recognition of abuse and the treatment of child victims are recent concepts in the history of mankind. Increasing the awareness of the need to treat and prevent such abuse is a characteristic of modern society. The beaten child syndrome was described by Ambroise Tardieu in 1860, and Shaken Baby Synd...
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| author | Tatiana Iov Sofia David Simona Damian A. Knieling Mădălina Maria Diac D. Tabian Diana Bulgaru-Iliescu |
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| description | Recognition of abuse and the treatment of child victims are recent concepts in the history of mankind. Increasing the awareness of the need to treat and prevent such abuse is a characteristic of modern society. The beaten child syndrome was described by Ambroise Tardieu in 1860, and Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) was clearly illustrated in medical literature a century later by Caffey in 1972. The definition of SBS is based on the association of major intracranial lesions with minimal external lesions and the diagnosis is still difficult to establish. The authors describe a reduced number of 7 cases of pediatric patients addressed for forensic expertise and where suspicion of SBS has arisen. The lesion mechanisms involved in the production of this syndrome are still controversial and are sources of frequent debates in legal medicine. These uncertainties can make legal punishment inoperable. The therapeutic management of these children in neurosurgery is not subject to international consensus, and discrepancies between different clinics impede a comparative cohort assessment. However, SBS is a major public health problem due to severe neurological injuries caused to child victims during brain development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-595eb9f7fd0e4cd68b11bdce4f52d1982022-12-21T23:29:14ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592018-09-01323Shaken baby syndromeTatiana IovSofia DavidSimona DamianA. KnielingMădălina Maria DiacD. TabianDiana Bulgaru-IliescuRecognition of abuse and the treatment of child victims are recent concepts in the history of mankind. Increasing the awareness of the need to treat and prevent such abuse is a characteristic of modern society. The beaten child syndrome was described by Ambroise Tardieu in 1860, and Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) was clearly illustrated in medical literature a century later by Caffey in 1972. The definition of SBS is based on the association of major intracranial lesions with minimal external lesions and the diagnosis is still difficult to establish. The authors describe a reduced number of 7 cases of pediatric patients addressed for forensic expertise and where suspicion of SBS has arisen. The lesion mechanisms involved in the production of this syndrome are still controversial and are sources of frequent debates in legal medicine. These uncertainties can make legal punishment inoperable. The therapeutic management of these children in neurosurgery is not subject to international consensus, and discrepancies between different clinics impede a comparative cohort assessment. However, SBS is a major public health problem due to severe neurological injuries caused to child victims during brain development.https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1110Shaken baby syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Tatiana Iov Sofia David Simona Damian A. Knieling Mădălina Maria Diac D. Tabian Diana Bulgaru-Iliescu Shaken baby syndrome Romanian Neurosurgery Shaken baby syndrome |
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| title_short | Shaken baby syndrome |
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| topic | Shaken baby syndrome |
| url | https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1110 |
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