title: Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) or shaken baby syndrome (SBS) in Estonia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Children's Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia. inga.talvik@kliinikum.ee
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Talvik
authors.forename: Tuuli
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Metsvaht
authors.forename: Kaja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leito
authors.forename: Haide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Põder
authors.forename: Pille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kool
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Väli
authors.forename: Mare
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lintrop
authors.forename: Anneli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolk
authors.forename: Tiina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Talvik
mesh_terms: 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