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Acta Pediatr Mex 2014; 35 (4)

Apparent life threatening events (ALTE): diagnostic approach

Pina-Cuevas A, Toro-Monjaraz EM, Cázares-Ramírez E, Ramírez-Mayans J, Cázares-Méndez M, Cervantes-Bustamante R, Zárate-Mondragón F, Montijo-Barrios É, Cadena-León J, López-Ugalde MV

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 338-350
PDF size: 436.36 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Apparent Life-Threatening Events (ALTE) are a form of clinical presentation of various problems or diseases in children under one year of age. A frequency of 0.6/1000 newborns is estimated. In Mexico, there is no known incidence, systematic approach or guidelines for hospital discharge, so we performed a literature review. Its etiology may be gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiovascular, metabolic, endocrine or-idiopathic. The detailed history and physical examination provide an outline to select the laboratory and imaging studies to perform.


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