title: Head injuries from short distance falls.
abstract: The problem of evaluating injury in childhood as to causation--accidental, inflicted or other--is compounded by conflicting literature. The child presenting with head injury following a short distance fall should be a source of alarm. Some of the key thoughts in the literature are evaluated with presentation of some additional observations, in an attempt to sort out some apparent conflicts.
authors.affiliation: Coroner's Office, San Bernardino County, California.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Root
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology*