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Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma
PURPOSE: Child abuse is a leading cause of death in infants, which is often associated with abusive head trauma (AHT). The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to identify ocular and systemic findings in confirmed cases of AHT and compare them to a group of non-abusive head trauma (NAHT) patie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110291/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174411 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S163734 |
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author | Morgan, Linda A Fouzdar Jain, Samiksha Svec, Austin Svec, Claire Haney, Suzanne B Allbery, Sandra High, Robin Suh, Donny W |
author_facet | Morgan, Linda A Fouzdar Jain, Samiksha Svec, Austin Svec, Claire Haney, Suzanne B Allbery, Sandra High, Robin Suh, Donny W |
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description | PURPOSE: Child abuse is a leading cause of death in infants, which is often associated with abusive head trauma (AHT). The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to identify ocular and systemic findings in confirmed cases of AHT and compare them to a group of non-abusive head trauma (NAHT) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 165 patients with accidental and non-accidental trauma admitted between 2013 and 2015 to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, NE, USA, was performed. Diagnosis of AHT was made after the analysis of ocular and systemic findings by various subspecialists. The NAHT group consisted of accidental trauma, abusive trauma without significant apparent head involvement on initial evaluation and unconfirmed AHT cases. RESULTS: Of the 165 presenting cases, 30 patients were diagnosed with AHT and 127 were diagnosed with NAHT. Ocular findings in AHT patients were significant for retinal hemorrhages (63%) and vitreous hemorrhages (37%), while NAHT patients had no ocular findings (p<0.001). Neuroimaging revealed subdural hemorrhages (SDHs) in 29 out of 30 AHT patients (97%) and in 27 out of 127 NAHT patients (21%). Seizures were present in 43% of AHT patients (n=13) and only in 8% of NAHT patients (n=10). CONCLUSION: AHT has statistically significant findings of retinal and vitreous hemorrhages. The absence of diffuse retinal hemorrhages, however, does not preclude the AHT diagnosis as more than one-third of AHT patients lacked retinal hemorrhages. SDHs, loss of consciousness and history of seizures also have high correlation with a diagnosis of AHT. |
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spelling | pubmed-61102912018-08-31 Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma Morgan, Linda A Fouzdar Jain, Samiksha Svec, Austin Svec, Claire Haney, Suzanne B Allbery, Sandra High, Robin Suh, Donny W Clin Ophthalmol Original Research PURPOSE: Child abuse is a leading cause of death in infants, which is often associated with abusive head trauma (AHT). The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to identify ocular and systemic findings in confirmed cases of AHT and compare them to a group of non-abusive head trauma (NAHT) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 165 patients with accidental and non-accidental trauma admitted between 2013 and 2015 to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, NE, USA, was performed. Diagnosis of AHT was made after the analysis of ocular and systemic findings by various subspecialists. The NAHT group consisted of accidental trauma, abusive trauma without significant apparent head involvement on initial evaluation and unconfirmed AHT cases. RESULTS: Of the 165 presenting cases, 30 patients were diagnosed with AHT and 127 were diagnosed with NAHT. Ocular findings in AHT patients were significant for retinal hemorrhages (63%) and vitreous hemorrhages (37%), while NAHT patients had no ocular findings (p<0.001). Neuroimaging revealed subdural hemorrhages (SDHs) in 29 out of 30 AHT patients (97%) and in 27 out of 127 NAHT patients (21%). Seizures were present in 43% of AHT patients (n=13) and only in 8% of NAHT patients (n=10). CONCLUSION: AHT has statistically significant findings of retinal and vitreous hemorrhages. The absence of diffuse retinal hemorrhages, however, does not preclude the AHT diagnosis as more than one-third of AHT patients lacked retinal hemorrhages. SDHs, loss of consciousness and history of seizures also have high correlation with a diagnosis of AHT. Dove Medical Press 2018-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6110291/ /pubmed/30174411 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S163734 Text en © 2018 Morgan et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Morgan, Linda A Fouzdar Jain, Samiksha Svec, Austin Svec, Claire Haney, Suzanne B Allbery, Sandra High, Robin Suh, Donny W Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
title | Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
title_full | Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
title_fullStr | Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
title_short | Clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
title_sort | clinical comparison of ocular and systemic findings in diagnosed cases of abusive and non-abusive head trauma |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110291/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30174411 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S163734 |
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