TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Abusive head trauma: Canadian and global perspectives
JO  - Pediatric radiology
A1  - Biswas, Asthik
A1  - Shroff, Manohar M.
SP  - 876
EP  - 882
VL  - 51
IS  - 6
N2  - Canada has come a long way since Dr. C. Henry Kempe first described battered-child syndrome in 1962. The year 1999 was crucial in Canada's battle against shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT), when the first national conference on the topic was held in Saskatoon. This was followed by the issuance of a national statement and multidisciplinary guidelines, recently updated in 2020. Incidence of AHT in Canada is similar to that found in population-based studies from Switzerland and New Zealand. The mainstay of prevention of AHT in Canada is education of parents and caregivers with respect to their response to infant crying. Population-based data for global incidence of AHT are lacking, largely because of social and cultural differences contributing to poor understanding of AHT as a medico-legal entity. India faces a distinct challenge in the battle against female feticide and infanticide.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-0449
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04844-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -