"AHT is the leading cause of fatal head injuries among children < 2 years of age 5. A true incidence is difficult to be established because lack of definition and differences in data reporting, reported incidences span between 22-33 cases per 100.000 children < 2 years 5. The peak is between 3-4 months of age, in relation to the peak of crying 5. Up to 30% of children with AHT are been misdiagnosed in emergency rooms 5."
"AHT is the leading cause of fatal head injuries among children < 2 years of age 5. A true incidence is difficult to be established because lack of definition and differences in data reporting, reported incidences span between 22-33 cases per 100.000 children < 2 years 5. The peak is between 3-4 months of age, in relation to the peak of crying 5. Up to 30% of children with AHT are been misdiagnosed in emergency rooms 5."
"CT head may demonstrate complex skull fractures, stellate fractures, depressed skull fractures and sutural diastasis 1,2. CT head in NAI can demonstrate bilateral chronic subdural haematomas (multiple ages of the haematomas with subdural membranes) or haematohygromas, and is performed in critically ill children who require neurosurgical procedures1,2. Subdural haematoma is often bilateral and asymmetrical, frequently distributed along the convexities, the posterior fossa of the interhemispheric fissure 4. Enhancement or dural thickening can be present (usually after 2-3 weeks) 4."
"AHT is the leading cause of fatal head injuries among children < 2 years of age 5. A true incidence is difficult to be established because lack of definition and differences in data reporting, reported incidences span between 22-33 cases per 100.000 children < 2 years 5. The peak is between 3-4 months of age, in relation to the peak of crying 5. Up to 30% of children with AHT are been misdiagnosed in emergency rooms 5."
"AHT is the leading cause of fatal head injuries among children < 2 years of age 5. A true incidence is difficult to be established because lack of definition and differences in data reporting, reported incidences span between 22-33 cases per 100.000 children < 2 years 5. The peak is between 3-4 months of age, in relation to the peak of crying 5. Up to 30% of children with AHT are been misdiagnosed in emergency rooms 5."
"Skull x-ray may demonstrate skull fractures (complex fractures with sutural diastasis; multiple fractures) 1-3."
"In non-acute settings, MRI of the head is the investigation of choice 1,2. MRI can demonstrate parenchymal injuries, subacute and chronic subdural haematomas, and may provide prognostic information in the management of the child 1,2."
"Abusive head trauma carries a poor prognosis, with the majority of children experiencing both short- and long-term consequences (cognitive, neurological or behavioural) 5. Children with parenchymal injuries or a history of repeated trauma have a poorer prognosis 4,5."