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A 3 page research paper that examines the pathology of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Battered Baby Syndrome. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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damage that can be caused by shaking a baby. In a case study reported by Martinez-Lage, et al in 2006, a baby became choked on food, vomited and became cyanotic.
On the way to the hospital, the father applied the Heimlich maneuver and, in doing so, shook the baby forcefully (Martinez-Lage, et al). A computerized tomography (CT) head scan showed
acute bifrontal and interhemispheric hemorrhage (Martinez-Lage, et al). In this case, the trauma caused by shaking the baby was judged to be accidental, but this is not always the
case, as often, SBS, is linked to persistent child abuse. For infants under a year old, any sort of fracture is suggestive of abuse ("Non-Accidental Injury"). Crawling toddlers simply cannot
produce sufficient force with their own movements that a fall or colliding with something will cause a fracture ("Non-Accidental Injury"). Research has indicated that a child who falls from
third-story window has a 1 percent chance of dying, but a baby who is violently shaken has a 25 percent risk of death (Parker 511). SBS pathology, for the
child, includes being a first-born child to young parents who lack parenting skills. Also the babys risk for SBS includes being male, since baby boys are victims at a far
higher rates than girls (60 percent) ("Non-Accidental Injury"). Furthermore, any sort of problem with the normal course of pregnancy and childbirth increases risk, such as being premature or having a
hospitalization after birth (Parker 511). The pathology of Battered Baby Syndrome (BBS) includes symptoms that are indicative of child abuse, such as the baby appearing to be undernourished, and having
signs of neglect, such as "dirty and tangled air, uncut nails" and diaper rash ("Non-Accidental Injury"). CT typically as a "first-line role" in selecting imaging modalities for evaluating a brain-injured,
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