Shaking and other non-accidental head injuries in children /

Presents information on shaken baby syndrome. Covering the diagnosis, the long-term disability that results which is also associated with a high degree of life-long physical and intellectual disability.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Minns, R. A. (Robert Anthony), Brown, J. Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Mac Keith Press : Distributed by Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Colección:Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 162.
Temas:
Shaken baby syndrome.
Infants > Wounds and injuries.
Head > Wounds and injuries.
Whiplash injuries.
Children.
Preschool children.
Infants.
Newborn infants.
Brain > Wounds and injuries.
Brain damage.
Child abuse.
Craniocerebral Trauma
Brain Injuries
Child Abuse
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Whiplash Injuries
Child
Child, Preschool
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Adolescent
Brain Damage, Chronic
Nourrissons > Lésions et blessures.
Tête > Lésions et blessures.
Syndrome du bébé secoué.
Cerveau > Lésions et blessures.
Enfants > Violence envers.
Syndrome cervical traumatique.
Enfants.
Enfants d'âge préscolaire.
Nourrissons.
Nouveau-nés.
children (people by age group)
infants.
MEDICAL > Pediatric Emergencies.
Whiplash injuries
Preschool children
Newborn infants
Infants
Children
Child abuse
Brain > Wounds and injuries
Brain damage
Head > Wounds and injuries
Infants > Wounds and injuries
Shaken baby syndrome
Hoofd (mens)
Lichamelijk letsel.
Hersenbeschadiging.
Trauma's (geneeskunde)
Kinderen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Alan Craft
  • Preface
  • 1. Neurological perspectives on non-accidental head injury and whiplash/shaken baby syndrome: an overview / Robert A. Minns and J Keith Brown
  • 2. The biomechanics of shaking / Chris N Morison and Robert A. Minns
  • 3. The epidemiology of non-accidental head injury / John H Livingston and Anne-Marie Childs
  • 4. Non-accidental heal injury in Scotland: the Scottish database / Robert A Minns et al
  • 5. Haemorrhagic retinopathy of shaking injury: clinical and pathological aspects / Kristina May, M Andrew Parsons and Robert Doran
  • 6. Ultrasound and computed tomography in the diagnosis of non-accidental head injury / Tim Jaspan
  • 7. Initial and sequential MRI in non-accidental head injury / Maeve McPhillips
  • 8. Skeletal injuries / Stephanie Mackenzie
  • 9. Mechanisms and management of subdural haemorrhage / Jonathan Punt
  • 10. Non-surgical treatment of acute encephalopathies / K Kamath Tallur, Robert A Minns and J Keith Brown
  • 11. The neuropathology of non-accidental head injury / Jeanne E Bell
  • 12 Outcome and prognosis of non-accidental head injury in infants / Robert A Minns, Patricia A Jones and Karen M Barlow
  • 13. Child protection and the prevention of abuse / Jacqueline YQ Mok
  • 14. Shaken baby syndrome and police procedure / Phillip Wheeler
  • 15. Legal aspects of shaken baby syndrome / Cathy Cobley
  • 16. Assessment and decision-making in non-accidental head injury cases: a social work perspective / Elaine Ennis
  • Glossary / Nina Punt
  • Index.

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