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ALTE — Apparent Life-Threatening Event in children
Affiliations- Chorzowskie Centrum Pediatrii i Onkologii, Truchana 7, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland
- Hospital Emergency Department, Chorzów Centre of Paediatrics and Oncology, Poland
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Abstract
The data available in the literature associated with apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) in young children, a syndrome rarely diagnosed in Polish emergency departments, are discussed in this paper. The importance of properly conducted interviews, emotional aspects and their practical role in the early management of the case at the site of the event, proposed diagnostic criteria, as well as suggestions for the diagnostic process and decisions related to follow-up are presented.
Abstract
The data available in the literature associated with apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) in young children, a syndrome rarely diagnosed in Polish emergency departments, are discussed in this paper. The importance of properly conducted interviews, emotional aspects and their practical role in the early management of the case at the site of the event, proposed diagnostic criteria, as well as suggestions for the diagnostic process and decisions related to follow-up are presented.
Keywords
children, life threatening, SIDS, respiration
About this articleTitle
ALTE — Apparent Life-Threatening Event in children
Journal
Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
Issue
Pages
94-97
Published online
2017-05-24
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Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Disaster Emerg Med J 2017;2(2):94-97.
Keywords
children
life threatening
SIDS
respiration
Authors
Grzegorz Bujok
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