Role of Apneain Nonaccidental Head Injury

1 January 1995

journal article
Published by S. Karger AG in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Vol. 23 (6) , 305-310
https://doi.org/10.1159/000120976

Abstract

We hypothesize that apnea induced by shaking or by shaking combined with impact plays a major role in the pathophysiology of nonaccidental head trauma and accounts for the poor outcome in this subgrou

Keywords

APNEA
SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
IMPACT INJURY
CHILD ABUSE
DIFFUSE BRAIN SWELLING
DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY
SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE
RETINAL HEMORRHAGE

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