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Outcomes of infants and children with inflicted traumatic brain injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2003

Kathi L Makaroff  and
Frank W Putnam
Kathi L Makaroff
Affiliation:
Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Frank W Putnam
Affiliation:
Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Abstract

Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome is recognized as a major cause of disability and death in the pediatric population. Although advances have been made in the recognition of the clinical, radiographic, and pathological findings of ITBI, less is known about the long-term outcomes of survivors. Health care providers recognize that these infants and children frequently have poor outcomes. Although an infant or child who sustains an ITBI may look well immediately after the trauma, that child may be left with serious and permanent disabilities.

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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 45 , Issue 7 , July 2003 , pp. 497 - 502
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© 2003 Mac Keith Press

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