Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome (SBS) in Estonia.
BACKGROUND
Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is recognized as a major cause of disability and death in the paediatric population.


OBJECTIVE
To find out the incidence of ITBI in Estonia.


METHODS
26 cases of ITBI were recognized: four children died, 22 survived.


RESULTS
Of 26 children, 20 (77%) were boys and six (23%) were girls. Median age at admission to hospital was 3.9 mo, and the boys were younger than the girls.


CONCLUSIONS
The overall incidence of ITBI was 28.7 per 100,000 infants. In the prospective group the incidence was 40.5 per 100,000, and in retrospective group 13.5 per 100,000. ITBI is not rare but not always a recognized form of child abuse. Healthcare professionals should be more aware of this condition.
Talvik
Inga
I
Children's Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia. inga.talvik@kliinikum.ee
Metsvaht
Tuuli
T
Leito
Kaja
K
Põder
Haide
H
Kool
Pille
P
Väli
Marika
M
Lintrop
Mare
M
Kolk
Anneli
A
Talvik
Tiina
T
D004957:Estonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D038642:Shaken Baby Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed