how to cite this article: movahedian ah, heidarzadeh arani m, motaharizad m, mousavi gha, mosayebi z. evaluation of qt dispersion in children with breath holding spells. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):25-30. abstract objective breath holding spells (bhs) are common involuntary reflexes in infancy and early childhood. differential diagnosis should embrace long qt syndrome (lqts) and par...

Breath-holding spells are a common childhood disorder that typically present before 12 months of age. Whereas most cases are benign, some patients have very severe cases associated with bradycardia that can progress from asystole to syncope and seizures. Treatment studies have implicated the use of several therapies, such as oral iron, fluoxetine, and pacemaker implantation. This is a retrospec...

QUESTION I have children in my clinic who experience seizurelike episodes in which they cry and hold their breath to the point of cyanosis and loss of consciousness. Their examination or investigation findings are normal and referral to a pediatric specialist results in no further investigation. Are breath-holding spells common, and what type of investigation is needed? ANSWER A breath-holdin...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether children with pallid breath-holding spells associated with bradycardia can be treated safely and successfully with permanent pacemaker implantation. METHODS The records of pediatric patients who had apparent breath-holding spells and associated bradycardia and were treated with permanent pacemaker implantation were reviewed. RESULTS Ten pediatric patients with...

Context Breath-holding spells (BHS) are a non-epileptic event where the child involuntarily stops breathing, typically for less than one minute, varying from several times daily to few month. 1 There two types of BHS: cyanotic and pallid; occurs in response fear or anger, causing oxygen desaturation loss consciousness, pallid can be triggered by pain fear, pallor, desaturation, seizure-like mov...

Breath-holding spells are a common childhood disorder that typically present before 12 months of age. Whereas most cases are benign, some patients have very severe cases associated with bradycardia that can progress from asystole to syncope and seizures. Treatment studies have implicated the use of several therapies, such as oral iron, fluoxetine, and pacemaker implantation. This is a retrospec...

Background Breath-holding spells (BHS) are brief periods when young children stop breathing for up to 1 minute and are widely recognized types of non-epileptic severe occasions in early stages of childhood. This study aimed to evaluate QTd and QTc changes in children with breath-holding spells compared with healthy children. <stron...

AIM Breath-holding spells are common in infancy and early childhood, and patients are frequently referred to paediatric cardiology clinics for exclusion of heart disease. Recent data reveal subsequent development of epilepsy and neurocardiogenic syncope. Autonomic dysregulation and increased vagal stimulation leading to cardiac arrest and cerebral ischaemia is considered as the cause. Iron defi...