TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Abusive head trauma and the triad: a critique on behalf of RCPCH of 'Traumatic shaking: the role of the triad in medical investigations of suspected traumatic shaking'
JO  - Archives of disease in childhood
A1  - Debelle, Geoffrey David
A1  - Maguire, Sabine
A1  - Watts, Patrick
A1  - Nieto Hernandez, Rosa
A1  - Kemp, Alison Mary
SP  - 606
EP  - 610
VL  - 103
IS  - 6
N2  - The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) has recently published what they purported to be a systematic review of the literature on 'isolated traumatic shaking' in infants, concluding that 'there is limited evidence that the so-called triad (encephalopathy, subdural haemorrhage, retinal haemorrhage) and therefore its components can be associated with traumatic shaking'. This flawed report, from a national body, demands a robust response. The conclusions of the original report have the potential to undermine medico-legal practice. We have conducted a critique of the methodology used in the SBU review and have found it to be flawed, to the extent that children's lives may be put at risk. Thus, we call on this review to be withdrawn or to be subjected to international scrutiny.<br><br>© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9888
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313855
ID  - ref1
ER  -