Shaking and other non-accidental head injuries in children [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert Minns and J. Keith Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457441003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Mac Keith, 2005
• ISBN: 1-907655-65-4; 1-898683-71-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (528 p.)
• Collana: Clinics in developmental medicine, , 0069-4835 ; ; no. 162
• Altri autori (Persone): MinnsR. A (Robert Anthony); BrownJ. Keith
• Disciplina: 618.9209751044
• Soggetti: Shaken baby syndrome; Head - Wounds and injuries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / Alan Craft -- Preface -- ; 1. Neurological perspectives on non-accidental head injury and whiplash/shaken baby syndrome: an overview / Robert A. Minns and J Keith Brown -- ; 2. The biomechanics of shaking / Chris N Morison and Robert A. Minns -- ; 3. The epidemiology of non-accidental head injury / John H Livingston and Anne-Marie Childs -- ; 4. Non-accidental heal injury in Scotland: the Scottish database / Robert A Minns et al -- ; 5. Haemorrhagic retinopathy of shaking injury: clinical and pathological aspects / Kristina May, M Andrew Parsons and Robert Doran -- ; 6. Ultrasound and computed tomography in the diagnosis of non-accidental head injury / Tim Jaspan -- ; 7. Initial and sequential MRI in non-accidental head injury / Maeve McPhillips -- ; 8. Skeletal injuries / Stephanie Mackenzie -- ; 9. Mechanisms and management of subdural haemorrhage / Jonathan Punt -- ; 10. Non-surgical treatment of acute encephalopathies / K Kamath Tallur, Robert A Minns and J Keith Brown -- ; 11. The neuropathology of non-accidental head injury / Jeanne E Bell -- ; 12 Outcome and prognosis of non-accidental head injury in infants / Robert A Minns, Patricia A Jones and Karen M Barlow -- ; 13. Child protection and the prevention of abuse / Jacqueline YQ Mok -- ; ; 14. Shaken baby syndrome and police procedure / Phillip Wheeler -- ; 15. Legal aspects of shaken baby syndrome / Cathy Cobley -- ; 16. Assessment and decision-making in non-accidental head injury cases: a social work perspective / Elaine Ennis -- Glossary / Nina Punt -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents information on shaken baby syndrome. Covering the diagnosis, the long-term disability that results which is also associated with a high degree of life-long physical and intellectual disability.