many physicians have received a frantic call from anxious parents stating that their child had stopped breathing, become limp, or turned blue but then had recovered quickly. an apparent life-threatening event (alte) is defined as “an episode that is frightening to the observer, and is characterized by some combination of apnea, color change, marked change in muscle tone, choking, gagging, or co...

apparent life-threatening event (alte) is a major cause of neonatal emergency visits. in this paper, we presented the case of a three-day-old neonate with multiple indications of alte. the patient was referred to the emergency department due to a cyanotic attack before admission. the neonate woke a few hours after breastfeeding and turned blue while crying, which was resolved spontaneously with...

ANDREAS BALLOT*, LOTHAR KRIENITZ, KIPLAGAT KOTUT, CLAUDIA WIEGAND, JAMES S. METCALF, GEOFFREY A. CODD AND STEPHAN PFLUGMACHER LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF LIMNOLOGY OF STRATIFIED LAKES, ALTE FISCHERHÜTTE 2, D-16775 STECHLIN, GERMANY, KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, BOTANY DEPARTMENT, PO BOX 43844, NAIROBI, KENYA, 2 LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND ...

Apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) are frightening to caregivers and clinicians alike. This article provides a comprehensive review of the causes, management, and consequences of ALTEs. The information provided was collected from an extensive literature review using the search terms ALTE, sudden infant death syndrome, and apnea. There is a wide array of contributing factors to ALTE syndro...

Apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) is a major cause of neonatal emergency visits. In this paper, we presented the case of a three-day-old neonate with multiple indications of ALTE. The patient was referred to the emergency department due to a cyanotic attack before admission. The neonate woke a few hours after breastfeeding and turned blue while crying, which was resolved spontaneously with...

U. Riebesell1, R. G. J. Bellerby2,3, H.-P. Grossart4, and F. Thingstad5 1Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Duesternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany 2Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Allégaten 55, 5007, Bergen, Norway 3Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Allégaten 70, 5007, Bergen, Norway 4Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland F...

Temporal changes and altitudinal distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in 1 mountain lakes 2 3 Zuzana Čuperová, Evelyn Holzer, Ivette Salka, Ruben Sommaruga, Michal 4 Koblížek 5 6 7 8 Institute of Microbiology CAS, Opatovický mlýn, 37981 Třeboň, Czech Republic 9 University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, 10 Czech Republic 11 Laboratory of ...

Kojima K, Mckinley K, Donohue P, Sigal Y. The high prevalence of inappropriate feeding among infants presenting with an apparent life-threatening event. Turk J Pediatr 2017; 59: 304-310. Although there are anecdotal reports of a link between inappropriate feeding and an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE), previous studies have not examined this association in a cohort of affected infants. T...