Shaken Baby Syndrome and Other Non-Accidental Head Injuries in Childre

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Minns is the author of Shaking and Other Non-Accidental Head Injuries in Children, published by Wiley. Klappentext The Research Programme on Shaken Baby Syndrome in Edinburgh is internationally recognised for its prominent ongoing research into the epidemiology, bio-mechanics, primary and secondary brain insults, neuroradiological aspects, medical-social aspects, and neurodevelopmental and neuropsychometric sequelae of shaking a baby. In this book, a highly distinguished team of experts from the programme present the clinician with the latest findings on the syndrome, covering the diagnosis of the syndrome itself and the long-term disability that results which, unlike other forms of child abuse associated with psychological scars, is also associated with a high degree of life-long physical and intellectual disability. This will be invaluable reading for all professionals concerned with diagnosing and treating this syndrome. Zusammenfassung This book presents the latest findings about the impact! long-term effects and diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Martin Bax; 1. Epidemiology John Livingston; 2. Mechanisms and clinical presentation Robert Minns; 3. Haemorrhagic retinopathy of shaken injury: clinical and pathological aspects Andrew Parsons, Kristina May and Robert Doran; 4. Neuroimaging in acute and subacute non-accidental head injury: ultrasound and CT Tim Jaspen; 5. Initial and sequential MRI in non-accidental injury Maeve McPhillips; 6. Skeletal injuries in non-accidental injury Stephanie McKenzie; 7. Secondary brain insults Peter Andrews; 8. Early post-traumatic seizures Karen Barlow and Robert Minns; 9. Mechanism and management of subdural haemorrhage Jonathan Punt; 10. Neurodevelopmental and neuropsychological outcome Karen Barlow; 11. Neuropathology of non-accidental head injury Jeanne Bell; 12. Child protection and prevention Jacqueline Mok; 13. Conclusions Robert Minns and Keith Brown; Glossary of terms Nina Punt; Index....

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• Authors: J. Keith Brown, Keith Brown, RA Minns, Robert Minns, Robert A. Minns
• Assisted by: J. Keith Brown (Editor), Keith Brown (Editor), Keith (Royal Hospital for Sick Children Brown (Editor), Robert Minns (Editor), Robert (University of Edinburgh) Minns (Editor), Robert A. Minns (Editor)
• Publisher: MacKeith Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2006
• EAN: 9781898683353
• ISBN: 978-1-898683-35-3
• No. of pages: 526
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 245 mm x 43 mm
• Series: Clinics in Developmental Medicine; Clinics in Developmental Medic; Clinics in Developmental Medicine S.; Clinics in Developmental Medicine; Clinics in Developmental Medic; Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press); CDM
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine