Shaken Baby Syndrome Definition

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noun
Brain injury in an infant caused by being violently shaken or tossed, resulting in intracranial swelling and bleeding and subsequent symptoms such as lethargy, seizures, loss of consciousness and often permanent brain damage or death.
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Noun

Singular:
shaken baby syndrome
Plural:
shaken baby syndromes

Shaken Baby Syndrome Sentence Examples

  • Its presence is one of the defining parameters (along with retinal hemorrhage) of shaken baby syndrome.

  • Infants and children should be checked by a doctor if they have had a hard fall or accident in which they have hit their head or if child abuse or shaken baby syndrome is suspected.

  • Children less than one year old are particularly vulnerable to injury from shaken baby syndrome.

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