Overview and clinical presentation of inflicted head injury in infants.
Child abuse is a widespread phenomenon which is increasingly recognized in our culture. In this chapter, the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and commonly associated injuries are reviewed. The typical presentation and clinical assessment of inflicted head injury is also described.
Duhaime
Ann-Christine
AC
Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
Partington
Michael D
MD
D002649:Child Abuse; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography