Erschienen in:
01.06.2014 | Commentary
“Shaken baby syndrome” and forensic pathology
verfasst von:
Marta C. Cohen, David A. Ramsay
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 2/2014
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Excerpt
Dr. Byard’s summary of the various features of the so-called “shaken baby syndrome” (SBS) is intended to stimulate discussion about this controversial entity [
1]. In particular, he reminds us: that the various labels used for such cases involve preconceptions regarding intent (e.g.,
inflicted,
abusive or
non-
accidental head injuries) or pathogenesis (e.g.,
shaken baby syndrome and even Byard’s “lethal craniocerebral
trauma”); that the brain injury in some cases may be the consequence of direct brainstem injury (i.e., Byard’s “
cervicomedullary syndrome”); and that we should not dismiss shaking as an etiology just because accidental and natural processes may mimic the triad of encephalopathy, subdural bleeding, and retinal hemorrhages, which are conventionally linked to a shaking etiology. …
