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Published in: Pediatric Radiology 6/2021

01-05-2021 | Abusive Head Injury | Child abuse imaging

Abusive head trauma: Canadian and global perspectives

Authors: Asthik Biswas, Manohar M. Shroff

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 6/2021

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Abstract

Canada has come a long way since Dr. C. Henry Kempe first described battered-child syndrome in 1962. The year 1999 was crucial in Canada’s battle against shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT), when the first national conference on the topic was held in Saskatoon. This was followed by the issuance of a national statement and multidisciplinary guidelines, recently updated in 2020. Incidence of AHT in Canada is similar to that found in population-based studies from Switzerland and New Zealand. The mainstay of prevention of AHT in Canada is education of parents and caregivers with respect to their response to infant crying. Population-based data for global incidence of AHT are lacking, largely because of social and cultural differences contributing to poor understanding of AHT as a medico-legal entity. India faces a distinct challenge in the battle against female feticide and infanticide.
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Metadata
Title
Abusive head trauma: Canadian and global perspectives
Authors
Asthik Biswas
Manohar M. Shroff
Publication date
01-05-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04844-5

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