Fewer Spontaneous Arousals in Infants with Apparent Life-Threatening Event
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Ophthalmologic findings in infants after an apparent life-threatening event.
PURPOSE An apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) refers to the sudden occurrence in an infant of a breathing abnormality, color change, or alteration in muscle tone or mental status. The finding of retinal hemorrhage in an infant who has experienced an ALTE strongly suggests the possibility of shaken baby syndrome. Previous ALTE studies have reported the frequency of this specific ocular abnor...
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Instituição: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil 1Mestre em Ciências pelo Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Unicamp; Médica Pediatra, Assistente do Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil 2Professor Livre-docente na Área de Urgência e Emergência pelo Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Unicamp; Pro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sleep
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0161-8105,1550-9109
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1038