At an elevation of 5,506 feet (1,678 meters) above sea level, Beech Mountain is the highest incorporated community east of the Mississippi River. Boone, the county's largest city and county seat, has the highest elevation (3,333 feet) of any city over 10,000 population in the Eastern United States.
battered child syndrome. Battered child syndrome refers to injuries sustained by a child as a result of physical abuse, usually inflicted by an adult caregiver. Alternative terms include: shaken baby; shaken baby syndrome; child abuse; and non-accidental trauma (NAT).
Jeune's Syndrome, or asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy is a congenital deformity of the chest wall, characterized by an extremely small chest cage that creates insufficient space exists to allow proper and efficient breathing. The chest cavity does not grow well with time. As a result, these children slowly and progressively run out of room to breathe, and therefore, asphyxiate. A child with Jeune's Syndrome may have symptoms that develop as newborns, or as late as four to five years of age, depending on the progression of the condition.