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  • Chapter 8 - Abusive Head Trauma

  • from Section 2 - Medicine
  • Edited by Keith A. Findley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Cyrille Rossant, University College London, Kana Sasakura, Konan University, Japan, Leila Schneps, Sorbonne Université, Paris, Waney Squier, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Knut Wester, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
  • Book:
    Shaken Baby Syndrome
    Published online:
    07 June 2023
    Print publication:
    08 June 2023, pp 138-147

  • Summary

    This chapter reviews predisposing factors for the development of subdural haematoma in infants. These risk factors, directly related to the young age of the infant, are too rarely investigated when subdural hematomas are identified in young infants. Failure to understand the mechanism of the observed anomalies, their histopathology and the underlying biochemical dysfunctions may increase the risk of wrongful medical determinations of child abuse.