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Battered Child Syndromes

MedGen UID:: 2180
•Concept ID:: C0004842
•: Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

Synonyms:

Battered Child Syndrome; Child Syndrome, Battered; Child Syndromes, Battered; Nonaccidental Trauma in Children; Syndrome, Battered Child; Syndromes, Battered Child

Definition

A clinical condition resulting from repeated physical and psychological injuries inflicted on a child by the parents or caregivers. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVBattered Child Syndromes

Mental disorder
- Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
  - Stress Disorders, Traumatic
    - Battered Child Syndromes

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The radiologist's role in child abuse: imaging protocol and differential diagnosis.

Delgado Álvarez I, de la Torre IB, Vázquez Méndez É
Radiologia 2016 May;58 Suppl 2:119-28. Epub 2016 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.rx.2016.02.010. PMID: 27091551

Neurocognitive considerations in the treatment of attachment and complex trauma in children.

Zilberstein K
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2014 Jul;19(3):336-54. Epub 2013 May 9 doi: 10.1177/1359104513486998. PMID: 23661787

The assessment of risk in child abuse and neglect case investigations.

Meddin BJ
Child Abuse Negl 1985;9(1):57-62. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(85)90092-4. PMID: 4038901

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Estimating present and future damages following child maltreatment.

Corwin DL, Keeshin BR
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2011 Jul;20(3):505-18. Epub 2011 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2011.03.005. PMID: 21683916

Understanding shaken baby syndrome.

Carbaugh SF
Adv Neonatal Care 2004 Apr;4(2):105-14; quiz 15-7. doi: 10.1016/j.adnc.2004.01.004. PMID: 15138993

Influential papers in child abuse.

Oates RK, Donnelly AC
Child Abuse Negl 1997 Mar;21(3):319-26. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(96)00169-x. PMID: 9134262

Homicidal parents.

Bourget D, Bradford JM
Can J Psychiatry 1990 Apr;35(3):233-8. doi: 10.1177/070674379003500306. PMID: 2340456

Manifestations of the battered-child syndrome.

Akbarnia B, Torg JS, Kirkpatrick J, Sussman S
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1974 Sep;56(6):1159-66. PMID: 4436352

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Diagnosis

Abusive head trauma.

Chiesa A, Duhaime AC
Pediatr Clin North Am 2009 Apr;56(2):317-31. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.02.001. PMID: 19358918

Shaken baby syndrome.

Miehl NJ
J Forensic Nurs 2005 Fall;1(3):111-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2005.tb00027.x. PMID: 17073042

Understanding shaken baby syndrome.

Carbaugh SF
Adv Neonatal Care 2004 Apr;4(2):105-14; quiz 15-7. doi: 10.1016/j.adnc.2004.01.004. PMID: 15138993

Shaken babies.

Lancet 1998 Aug 1;352(9125):335. PMID: 9717913

Imaging of epiphyseal injuries.

Rogers LF, Poznanski AK
Radiology 1994 May;191(2):297-308. doi: 10.1148/radiology.191.2.8153295. PMID: 8153295

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Therapy

Suicide attempts and overdoses among adults entering addictions treatment: comparing correlates in a U.S. National Study.

Bohnert AS, Roeder KM, Ilgen MA
Drug Alcohol Depend 2011 Dec 1;119(1-2):106-12. Epub 2011 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.05.032. PMID: 21715108

Spousal abuse against women and its consequences on reproductive health: a study in the urban slums in Bangladesh.

Salam A, Alim A, Noguchi T
Matern Child Health J 2006 Jan;10(1):83-94. doi: 10.1007/s10995-005-0030-6. PMID: 16362235

Intravitreal tPA and SF6 promote clearing of premacular subhyaloid hemorrhages in shaken and battered baby syndrome.

Conway MD, Peyman GA, Recasens M
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1999 Jun;30(6):435-41. PMID: 10392730

Abdominal trauma.

Evers K, DeGaeta LR
Emerg Med Clin North Am 1985 Aug;3(3):525-39. PMID: 3893980

Letter: Paramenstrual baby battering.

Dalton K
Br Med J 1975 May 3;2(5965):279. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5965.279. PMID: 1169096 Free PMC Article

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Prognosis

Acute Subdural Hematoma in Infants with Abusive Head Trauma: A Literature Review.

Karibe H, Kameyama M, Hayashi T, Narisawa A, Tominaga T
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2016 May 15;56(5):264-73. Epub 2016 Mar 10 doi: 10.2176/nmc.ra.2015-0308. PMID: 26960448 Free PMC Article

Estimating present and future damages following child maltreatment.

Corwin DL, Keeshin BR
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2011 Jul;20(3):505-18. Epub 2011 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2011.03.005. PMID: 21683916

Understanding shaken baby syndrome.

Carbaugh SF
Adv Neonatal Care 2004 Apr;4(2):105-14; quiz 15-7. doi: 10.1016/j.adnc.2004.01.004. PMID: 15138993

Shaking-impact syndrome of infancy.

Deputy S
Semin Pediatr Neurol 2003 Jun;10(2):112-9. doi: 10.1016/s1071-9091(03)00019-6. PMID: 14572147

Shaken baby syndrome.

Kivlin JD, Simons KB, Lazoritz S, Ruttum MS
Ophthalmology 2000 Jul;107(7):1246-54. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00161-5. PMID: 10889093

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Clinical prediction guides

Retinal and visual function in infants with non-accidental trauma and retinal hemorrhages.

Kelly JP, Feldman K, Wright J, Ganti S, Metz JB, Weiss A
Doc Ophthalmol 2020 Oct;141(2):111-126. Epub 2020 Feb 12 doi: 10.1007/s10633-020-09756-1. PMID: 32052259

Ambroise Tardieu: the man and his work on child maltreatment a century before Kempe.

Labbé J
Child Abuse Negl 2005 Apr;29(4):311-24. Epub 2005 Apr 25 doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.03.002. PMID: 15917074

Shaken baby syndrome.

Kivlin JD, Simons KB, Lazoritz S, Ruttum MS
Ophthalmology 2000 Jul;107(7):1246-54. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00161-5. PMID: 10889093

Anatomy of the shaken baby syndrome.

Lancon JA, Haines DE, Parent AD
Anat Rec 1998 Feb;253(1):13-8. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199802)253:1<13::AID-AR8>3.0.CO;2-F. PMID: 9556020

The pathology of fatal child abuse.

Ellis PS
Pathology 1997 May;29(2):113-21. doi: 10.1080/00313029700169724. PMID: 9213328

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