Abstract

MOLINA ALPIZAR, Viviana  and  UMANA ARAYA, Bianca. Síndrome del niño sacudido. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.1, pp.109-113. ISSN 2215-5287.

The shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a form of physical abuse characterized for some clinical findings including the presence of a subdural or subarachnoid haematoma, diffuse cerebral edema and retinal haemorrhages and absence of other physical signs of traumatic injury which are produced when the victim is held by the torso or the extremities and violently shaken. The acceleration - deceleration produced by the movement is thought to be the production mechanism of the injury. The clinical findings could be as unspecific as vomits, sleepiness, irritability or signs like the ones listed above, this children often presents short and long term complications. In Costa Rica the legislation protects the children against abuses and give the health system the responsibility of taking care of children’s integrity and life.

Keywords : Battered child síndrome; shaken baby síndrome; subdural haematoma; retinal haemorrhages.

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