Kimberly Allen

University of Illinois at Chicago | UIC · Department of Women, Children and Family Health Science

Abusive head trauma in infants occurs in 24.6 to 39.8 per 100,000 infants in developed countries. Abusive head trauma refers to any type of intentional head trauma an infant sustains, as a result of an injury to the skull or intracranial contents from a blunt force and/or violent shaking. The clinical question was: what evidence-based interventions...

Background Many children with life-threatening conditions who would have died at birth are now surviving months to years longer than previously expected. Understanding how parents make decisions is necessary to prevent parental regret about decision-making, which can lead to psychological distress, decreased physical health, and decreased quality o...

Background: Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a brain injury that occurs because of a hypoxic or asphyxia event during the prenatal, intrapartum or postnatal periods that prevents adequate blood flow to the infant’s brain. HIE is one of the most serious complications of full term birth. Infants with HIE experience associated morbidities with...

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a serious birth complication affecting full term infants: 40-60% of affected infants die by 2 years of age or have severe disabilities. The majority of the underlying pathologic events of HIE are a result of impaired cerebral blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain with resulting primary and secondary en...