Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to perform a narrative review on what the literature about shaken baby syndrome brought us in the last five years. Methods: A search on PubMed and Scielo using the keywords ´´Shaken Baby Syndrome´´, ´´Abusive Head Trauma´´ and ´´Síndrome do Bebê Sacudido´´ found 842 articles. After apply the inclusion and exclusion criteria we defined the sample corpus in 54 articles. Results: In the last five years several medico-legal debates have taken place discussing the controversies in the pathophysiology and diagnosis of abusive head trauma. Despite this, it is still the most common cause of brain damage in child. Prevention methods were created and tested. Although some have been successful they need some adaptations to improve the effectiveness. Conclusion: The Shaken Baby Syndrome is a high incidence disease that involves several neurological, cognitive and motor impairments. Because of that new research needs to be done to improve our knowledge about this type of trauma and the effectiveness of the prevention methods.
Highlights
The Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is the most common type of brain injury in child and implies high morbidity and mortality rates for the victims [1, 2]. It is a type of nonaccidental head trauma whose damage to the brain and associated structures is caused by the excessive and repetitive process of violent head acceleration-deceleration or impact during the child abuse [3]
In order to answer the question: ́ ́What does the specialized health literature of the last five years bring us about Shaken baby syndrome? ́ ́ we accessed the data base PubMed and Scielo
The results shown how little they knew about the syndrome, even if their job is linked to this. 48% of the doctors werent aware about the likely complications. 20 to 47% of the doctors and early childhood professionals didnt know that it was a crime and 20% to 27% of them did not know the need to report these cases
Summary
The Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is the most common type of brain injury in child and implies high morbidity and mortality rates for the victims [1, 2]. It is a type of nonaccidental head trauma whose damage to the brain and associated structures is caused by the excessive and repetitive process of violent head acceleration-deceleration or impact during the child abuse [3]. Results: In the last five years several medico-legal debates have taken place discussing the controversies in the pathophysiology and diagnosis of abusive head trauma It is still the most common cause of brain damage in child. Because of that new research needs to be done to improve our knowledge about this type of trauma and the effectiveness of the prevention methods
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