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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2017 Aug;45(8):1398–1407. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002378

Table 1.

Definition of Abusive Head Trauma within the ADAPT Trial

Likelihood of Abusive Head
Trauma (AHT)
Definition
None No evidence within the medical records that AHT is being considered
Possible AHT Clinical notes indicate that AHT is in the differential diagnosis of the treating team, but the diagnosis of AHT has not been made
Probable AHT Clinical notes indicate that the treating team believes that the child suffered from AHT
Definite AHT Confirmed diagnosis of intentional trauma and AHT is documented by a physician within the medical record