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01-12-2019 | Subdural Hematoma | Commentary

Denying the abusive head trauma denialists their day in court, one step at a time

Author: Kent P. Hymel

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 13/2019

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In this issue of Pediatric Radiology, Wright et al. [1] present a rigorous study of subdural rebleeding after abusive head trauma (AHT). Their findings have important clinical and medical–legal implications and thus warrant careful consideration by physicians tasked with interpreting neuroimaging findings in young children with closed head trauma. …

Wright JN, Feyma TJ, Ishak GE et al (2019) Subdural hemorrhage rebleeding in abused children: frequency, associations and clinical presentation. Pediatr Radiol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04483-5

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Choudhary AK, Servaes S, Slovis TL et al (2018) Consensus statement on abusive head trauma in infants and young children. Pediatr Radiol 48:1048–1065CrossRef

Lindberg DM, Dubowitz HL, Alexander RC, Reece RM (2019) The “new science” of abusive head trauma. Int J Child Maltreat Res Policy Pract 2:1–16CrossRef

Jenny C (2014) Alternate theories of causation in abusive head trauma: What the science tells us. Pediatr Radiol 44 (Suppl 4):S543–S547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-3106-x CrossRef

Title: Denying the abusive head trauma denialists their day in court, one step at a time
Author: Kent P. Hymel
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Subdural Hematoma
Abusive Head Injury
Child Abuse
Child Abuse
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 13/2019
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04500-7

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