Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 356, Issue 9241, 4 November 2000, Pages 1571-1572
The Lancet

Research Letters
Annual incidence of shaken impact syndrome in young children

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We looked at the incidence and demography of non-accidental head injury in children in a prospective population-based study of paediatric units in Scotland during 1998–99. Shaken impact syndrome occurs with an annual incidence of 24·6 per 100 000 children younger than 1 year (95% CI 14·9-38·5). Cases are more common in urban regions, and during autumn and winter months. The risk of a child suffering non-accidental head injury by age 1 year is one in 4065. These brain injuries occur almost exclusively in young infants (median age 2·2 months).

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