History of Shaken Baby Syndrome. In 1946, Dr. John Caffey, a pediatric radiologist, first described what he termed "whiplash shaken-baby syndrome," a cluster of infantile subdural and subarachnoid ...

Shaken baby syndrome is a form of abusive head trauma that occurs when a parent or caregiver violently shakes a baby through overwhelming frustration and losing control due to inconsolable or ...

There are about 1,300 reported cases of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma in the U.S. each year, according to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.

However, the decision around 2009 to refer to what had been known as shaken baby syndrome as abusive head trauma was “misinterpreted” by some in legal and medical circles as an indication of ...

The term was changed in 2009 to abusive head trauma, a more inclusive diagnosis, Haney said. There are about 1,300 reported cases of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma in the U.S. each year ...

There are about 1,300 reported cases of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma in the U.S. each year, according to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.