Owing to physiologic and biomechanical differences, the incidence, patterns, distributions,
and mechanisms of spinal injury in children differ from those in adults. Furthermore …

Trauma is the most common cause of death and significant morbidity in childhood; abusive
head trauma (AHT) is a prominent cause of significant morbidity and mortality in children …

Infants and children under 2 years of age are at greatest risk for devastating neurologic
complications following nonaccidental trauma. While a subdural hematoma (SDH) is the …

Proton (1 H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy provides a non-invasive and quantitative
measure of brain metabolites. Traumatic brain injury impacts cerebral metabolism and a …

Background Spine injuries are increasingly common in the evaluation for abusive head
trauma (AHT), but additional information is needed to explore the utility of spine MRI in AHT …

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Importance The highly variable practices observed regarding the early detection and
diagnostic workup of suspected child physical abuse contribute to suboptimal care and …

Abusive head trauma (AHT) in children is notoriously one of the most challenging diagnoses
for the forensic pathologist. The pathological “triad”, a combination of intracranial subdural …

Abusive head trauma (AHT) is defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention as “an injury to the skull or intracranial contents of an infant or child younger than …

Severe spinal trauma is uncommon in the pediatric population, but due to the potentially
devastating consequences of missed injury, it poses a diagnostic challenge in emergency …