Cindy W. Christian

TL;DR: The mechanisms, typical features, differential diagnosis, and acute management of the most frequently encountered form of infantile inflicted head injury, the so-called shaken-baby syndrome are outlined.

TL;DR: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatricians develop skills in the recognition of signs and symptoms of abusive head injury, including those caused by both shaking and blunt impact, consult with pediatric subspecialists when necessary, and embrace a less mechanistic term, abusive head trauma, when describing an inflicted injury to the head and its contents.

TL;DR: This guideline identifies the best practices for mTBI based on the current evidence and creates user-friendly guideline implementation materials that are concise and actionable.

TL;DR: While minority children had higher rates of abusive fractures in the sample, they were also more likely to be evaluated and reported for suspected abuse, even after controlling for the likelihood of abusive injury.

TL;DR: This consensus document reduces confusion by recommending to judges and jurors the tools necessary to distinguish genuine evidence-based opinions of the relevant medical community from legal arguments or etiological speculations that are unwarranted by the clinical findings, medical evidence and evidence- based literature.