Apparent Life-Threatening Events
Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Presumably Healthy Newborns During Early Skin-to-Skin Contact
... The death or near death of a presumably healthy newborn in the deliv- ery room is uncommon. We report here 6 cases of apparent life- threatening events (ALTEs) in the delivery room during the ...
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Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (Formerly Apparent Life-Threatening Events) and Evaluation of Lower-Risk Infants: Executive Summary
... Joel S. Tieder, MD, MPH, FAAP, Joshua L. Bonkowsky, MD, PhD, FAAP, Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD, FAAP, Wayne H. Franklin, MD, MPH, MMM, FAAP, David A. Gremse, MD, FAAP, Bruce Herman, MD, FAAP, Eliot S. Katz, MD, FAAP, Leonard ...
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Apparent Life-Threatening Events (ALTE): Italian guidelines
... the events for which the aetiology is ascertained we use this acronym to describe the common symptoms at the onset, however, depend- ing on the case, the final diagnosis may be seizures, gas- troesophageal reflux, ...
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Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (Formerly Apparent Life-Threatening Events) and Evaluation of Lower-Risk Infants
... intrinsically life-threatening and frequently are a benign manifestation of normal infant physiology or a self-limited ...on events that are characterized as abnormal after conducting a thorough ...
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Sudden Deaths and Severe Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Term Infants Within 24 Hours of Birth
... of life to realize such events ear- lier? In our survey, the median dura- tion between last seeing the infant ap- parently well and finding him lifeless was relatively ...some events, but we feel that ...
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Accidental and Nonaccidental Poisonings as a Cause of Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Infants
... an apparent life-threatening ...an apparent life-threatening event were to undergo a standardized evaluation, which included obtaining a comprehensive urine toxicology ...an ...
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Do All Infants With Apparent Life-Threatening Events Need to Be Admitted?
... Because this study was purely observational, no mod- ifications were made to the patients’ treatment or dispo- sition because of the study. In the ED, the treating phy- sician completed a form documenting the patient ...
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Epileptic Seizure-Induced Hypoxemia in Infants with Apparent Life-Threatening Events
... The onset of these changes preceded a prolonged pause in breathing movements and.. nasal airflow by I 19 seconds, and a decrease in Sa02 by 147 seconds.[r] ...
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Parental Administration of Chemical Agents: A Cause of Apparent Life-Threatening Events
... These cases suggest that poisoning by a caretaker should be added to the differential diagnosis of any infant brought to medical attention because of an apparent life- threatening event [r] ...
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Apparent Life-threatening Events in Presumed Healthy Neonates During the First Three Days of Life
... In summary, we conclude that: (1) ALTEs do occur in the early newborn period in a presumably low- risk term group; (2) causes are unknown in a major- ity of cases, but abnormalities of t[r] ...
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Should Promethazine in Liquid Form Be Available Without Prescription?
... Promethazine has been reported to cause sedation, agitation, hallucinations, seizures, dystonic reac- tions, and possibly apparent life-threatening events or sudden infant death syndrome[r] ...
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The Eye Examination in the Evaluation of Child Abuse
... unexpected apparent life-threatening events with no obvious cause, children with head trauma that results in significant intracranial hemorrhage and brain injury, victims of abusive head ...
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Perinatal Stroke and Apparent Life Threatening Event: A Case Report
... of life Apparent Life Threatening Events are ...of Apparent Life-Threatening Events (ALTEs) in infants reflects a differential diagnosis that includes an ...
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Yield of Diagnostic Testing in Infants Who Have Had an Apparent Life-Threatening Event
... we also saw the need for an evidence-based diagnostic-testing guideline for evaluating apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs), but we took a different approach. Brand et al looked at the ...
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Recurrent Acute Life-threatening Events and Lactic Acidosis Caused by Chronic Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in an Infant
... acid level was 8.3 mmol/L. She was also hypertensive without apparent etiology. Kayexalate, bicitra, and captopril were admin- istered, and a genetics consultation was obtained to assist in evaluating her lactic ...
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Efficacy of Implantable Loop Recorders in Establishing Symptom-Rhythm Correlation in Young Patients With Syncope and Palpitations
... 3 events for near syncope; all events showed normal sinus rhythm, and a potentially life-threatening cause could be ruled out as the cause for ...all events revealed ven- tricular ...
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Death anxiety resilience: a mixed methods investigation
... traumatic life event which bothered them the most almost three years ago while the no-PTSD group experienced this event just over four years ...significant events, the odd ratio calculation shows that the ...
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Induction of potentially lethal hypermagnesemia, ischemic colitis, and toxic megacolon by a preoperative mechanical bowel preparation: report of a case
... advanced type 2 rectal tumor that had invaded the sub- serosal layer at the Rb portion, and a CT scan revealed several swollen lymph nodes. There was no sign of me- tastasis to other organs. The patient’s past medical ...
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← Return to Article Details Role of takrasevan in agnimandya - a review.
... The Jatharagni represents all the digestive chemicals and enzymes produced in or poured in the gastrointestinal tract which is responsible for digestion of different components of ingested food. The Jatharagni is ...
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Bleeding Complications and Clinical Safety of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
... The demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of the study population were collected from medical records. Medical re- cord data, including sex, age at the time of procedure, etiology of cirrhosis, cardiovascular ...
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