Titre : | Annual incidence of shaken impact syndrome in young children. (2000) |
Auteurs : | Karen-M BARLOW ; Robert-A MINNS ; Department of Paediatric Neurosciences. Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Edinburgh. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Lancet (The) (vol. 356, n° 9241, 2000) |
Pagination : | 1571-1572 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Enfance maltraitée ; Traumatisme ; Incidence ; Démographie ; Epidémiologie ; Nouveau né ; Homme ; Nourrisson ; Enfant ; Système nerveux [pathologie] ; Système ostéoarticulaire [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST UR0xE5xm. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We looked at the incidence and demography of non-accidental head injury in children in a prospective population-based study of paediatric units in Scotland during 1998-99. Shaken impact syndrome occurs with an annual incidence of 24.6 per 100 000 children younger than 1 year (95% Cl 14.9-38.5). Cases are more common in urban regions, and during autumn and winter months. The risk of a child suffering non-accidental head injury by age 1 year is one in 4065. These brain injuries occur almost exclusively in young infants (median age 2.2 months). |