shaken baby
Violently handled infant
Shaken baby appears in the phrase shaken baby syndrome, a form of abusive head trauma caused by violently shaking an infant.
The rapid back-and-forth motion damages the brain and can cause bleeding, blindness, developmental delays, or death.
The term is used in medical and legal contexts: The coroner ruled it shaken baby syndrome.
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- head traumaInjury to the skull
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- infantVery young child
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- SyndromesDown syndrome, Stockholm syndrome, metabolic syndrome, Tourette syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome
- Brain InjuriesTBI, concussion, brain trauma, brain damage, traumatic brain injury
- family tragedyfamilicide, filicide, infanticide, matricide, patricide
shaken babyaccidental injury
Unplanned physical harm
birth trauma · SIDS · congenital condition · fall injury · unintentional harm
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