Abusive Head Trauma

A strong association was found between individuals who played amateur or professional ice hockey and diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with longer participation indicating higher likelihood of risk, recent data show.

Among children aged younger than 2 years evaluated in the ED for a head injury, infants aged younger than age 3 months were far more likely to have a traumatic brain injury than older toddlers, a study found.

Contrary to expectations, there was a significant decline in hospitalizations for abusive head trauma among children aged younger than 5 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported in Pediatrics.