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Abusive head trauma (AHT) affects one in 4000–5000 infants every year and is one of the most serious forms of physical child abuse that has a high associated mortality and morbidity. Differentiating ...

What Is Abusive Head Trauma? Abusive head trauma is a head or neck injury from physical child abuse. It happens when someone shakes a baby or hits the baby against something hard. Most cases happen ...

Introduction The correlation between the peak incidence of abusive head trauma (AHT) and the peak of normal infant crying at 6–8 weeks is well documented. ICON is a growing AHT prevention programme ...