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• Shaken baby syndrome

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  Shaken baby syndrome is a form of child abuse that causes serious brain injury resulting from violent shaking. Brain cells are destroyed, and the brain may be deprived of oxygen. A child with shaken baby syndrome may suffer permanent brain damage...

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  • Postpartum Depression
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• Preventing shaken baby syndrome

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  Shaken baby syndrome, also called abusive head trauma, is an injury to the brain that happens when a baby or young child is shaken or thrown. Shaking an infant or child, even for just a few seconds, can lead to serious injury and should never be...

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  • Infants
  • Newborns
  • babies
  • shaken baby syndrome
  • complications