Shaking-Impact Syndrome and Lucidity

Citation:

Byard RW, Donald T, Hilton JN, Krous HF: Shaking-impact syndrome and lucidity. Lancet 355:758, February 2000.

Notes:

• Only rarely is an expert available to assess a child's conscious state soon after an inflicted head injury.
• It may be difficult or impossible to ascertain when an infant was last neurologically normal when relying on a history provided by someone who may be, or may be associated with, the perpetrator.
• Uncertainties persist surrounding the issue of lucidity in infants who have been shaken.