Shaken Baby Syndrome: fundamental questions

Uscinski, Ronald H.

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“…This is suggested to be due to microscopic vascularised membranes encasing old SDHs (Uscinski 2002). The contention is that birth-related subdurals resolve, leaving subdural membranes which could be vulnerable to rebleeding after later minor trauma or from later hypoxia.…”

Section: Asymptomatic Newborn Subdural Haemorrhagementioning

confidence: 99%

Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

Minns¹,

Madea²,

Kernbach-Wighton³

2014

Handbook of Forensic Medicine

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Section: Asymptomatic Newborn Subdural Haemorrhagementioning

confidence: 99%

Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

Minns¹,

Madea²,

Kernbach-Wighton³

2014

Handbook of Forensic Medicine

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“…It was not until 2002 when a researcher by the name of Uscinski completed a retrospective analysis of Ommaya's study and confirmed these results can be applied to injuries suffered in SBS. He formulated his confirmation by applying the principles of Newtonian physics to Ommaya's study (Uscinski 2002). …”

Section: Physical Manifestationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The physical manifestations of shaken baby syndrome

Mraz

2009

Journal of Forensic Nursing

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Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a great concern for forensic nurses. Accurate diagnosis and treatment is essential. The purpose of this report is to review the history of SBS, as well as the physical symptoms of a patient suspected of suffering from this form of abuse. Implications of SBS for the forensic nurse will be presented; this will include the education of families and caregivers and methods of prevention.

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“…Shaken baby syndrome (or shaken impact syndrome) is a hypothetical condition, albeit believed in by some with a religious passion. In the hurly-burly of full-time paediatric neurological practice I used to believe in it myself; however, within the past two years publications from several centres have critically questioned the assumptions underlying the concept and the diagnosis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . If the purpose of the conference is scientific enquiry and rational discourse, it is surprising that the authors of these publications are entirely absent from the list of invited speakers.…”

Section: Pooled Waiting Listsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Stephenson¹

2003

J R Soc Med

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highlight worrying deficiencies in clinicians' judgments on capacity and consent to treatment (December 2002 JRSM 1). Unfortunately, their summary may further confuse matters by stating that, '15% of all respondents wrongly believed that a competent adult could lawfully be treated against his or her will'. In fact, competent adults can be lawfully treated against their will, in certain clearly defined circumstances. The key omission here is the phrase, 'under common law' (which was included in the question posed to doctors). This was no doubt an oversight, but it draws attention to a related concernnamely, that doctors (and medical students) often seem to conflate judgments about capacity and the common law with judgments about mental disorder and the Mental Health Act, when discussing whether patients can be treated without their consent. In fact such judgments should be clearly distinct. Someone with a mental disorder who is detained under the Act may still meet the capacity criteria (and thereby be judged competent) to consent to, or refuse, certain medical treatments 2. Contrariwise, an individual without a mental disorder may fail to meet the capacity threshold, and be deemed incompetent. Jackson and Warner also found that medical students were very poor at identifying the criteria for capacity, with only 15% doing so correctly. That students are misinformed about issues of medical ethics and law is not surprising. In a recent teaching session, a senior doctor insisted to our group that in England an adult (such as a spouse) could consent to medical treatment on behalf of another adult. Until the teachers are correctly informed about these important issues, what hope for their students?

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Shaken Baby Syndrome: fundamental questions

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

The physical manifestations of shaken baby syndrome

Shaken Baby Syndrome

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