Shaken baby syndrome
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Infants may display irritability, [[failure to thrive]], alterations in eating patterns, [[lethargy]], [[vomiting]], [[seizure]]s, bulging or tense [[fontanelle]]s (the soft spots on a baby's head), increased size of the head, altered breathing, and dilated [[pupil]]s, although all these clinical findings are generic and are known to have a range of causes, with shaking certainly not the most common cause of any of them. Complications include [[seizures]], [[visual impairment]], [[hearing loss]], [[epilepsy]], [[cerebral palsy]], [[cognitive deficit|cognitive impairment]], [[cardiac arrest]], [[coma]], and death.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbvxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484 |title=Advanced Pediatric Assessment, Second Edition |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8261-6176-5 |edition=2 |page=484 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105195726/https://books.google.com/books?id=LbvxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484 |archive-date=5 November 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Nadarasa J, Deck C, Meyer F, Willinger R, Raul JS |date=December 2014 |title=Update on injury mechanisms in abusive head trauma--shaken baby syndrome |journal=Pediatric Radiology |volume=44 |issue=S4 |pages=S565–S570 |doi=10.1007/s00247-014-3168-9 |pmid=25501728}} |
Infants may display irritability, [[failure to thrive]], alterations in eating patterns, [[lethargy]], [[vomiting]], [[seizure]]s, bulging or tense [[fontanelle]]s (the soft spots on a baby's head), increased size of the head, altered breathing, and dilated [[pupil]]s, although all these clinical findings are generic and are known to have a range of causes, with shaking certainly not the most common cause of any of them. Complications include [[seizures]], [[visual impairment]], [[hearing loss]], [[epilepsy]], [[cerebral palsy]], [[cognitive deficit|cognitive impairment]], [[cardiac arrest]], [[coma]], and death.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbvxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484 |title=Advanced Pediatric Assessment, Second Edition |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-8261-6176-5 |edition=2 |page=484 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105195726/https://books.google.com/books?id=LbvxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484 |archive-date=5 November 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Nadarasa J, Deck C, Meyer F, Willinger R, Raul JS |date=December 2014 |title=Update on injury mechanisms in abusive head trauma--shaken baby syndrome |journal=Pediatric Radiology |volume=44 |issue=S4 |pages=S565–S570 |doi=10.1007/s00247-014-3168-9 |pmid=25501728}} |
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The term has also received criticism for being perceived as derogatory, with replacements such as ”Abusive head trauma” being proposed. |
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