RT Book, Section
A1 Lindberg, Daniel M.
A1 Chiesa, Antonia
A1 Miller, Angie L.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181050642
T1 Abusive Head Trauma
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181050642
RD 2023/10/01
AB Abusive  head  trauma  (AHT)  is  the  most  deadly  form  of  physical  abuse  but  can  be  easy  to  miss  because  the  neurologic  examination  can  be  difficult  in  young  infants,  who  are  at  highest  risk.  A  low  threshold  for  neuroimaging  (CT  or  MRI)  should  be  used  for  infants  who  present  with  bruising,  vomiting  without  fever  or  diarrhea,  fussiness  or  lethargy,  or  transient  loss  of  consciousness  (apparent  life-threatening  event  [ALTE]  and  brief,  resolved,  unexplained  event  [BRUE]),  especially  those  with  increased  head  circumference  or  anemia.