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Descriptor English: Shaken Baby Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome del Bebé Sacudido
Descriptor síndrome del bebé sacudido
Scope note: Lesiones cerebrales consecuencia de sacudidas enérgicas en un lactante o niño de corta edad sostenido por el tórax, los hombros o las extremidades que causan una extrema aceleración craneal. Se caracteriza por hemorragias intracraneales e intraoculares sin traumatismo externo manifiesto. Los casos graves pueden causar la muerte del niño.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome do Bebê Sacudido
Descriptor French: Syndrome du bébé secoué
Tree number(s): C10.900.300.087.850
C26.915.300.200.825
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D038642
Scope note: Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Brain Injuries (1984-2002)
Child Abuse (1984-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Related: Child Abuse MeSH
DeCS ID: 37284
Unique ID: D038642
NLM Classification: WS 340
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Shaken Baby Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0416551
Scope note Brain injuries resulted from vigorous shaking of an infant or young child held by the chest, shoulders, or extremities causing extreme cranial acceleration. It is characterized by the intracranial and intraocular hemorrhages with no evident external trauma. Serious cases may result in death.
Preferred term Shaken Baby Syndrome



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