Citation

Waseem M, Pinkert H. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2006; 22(4): 245-246.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA. waseemm2001@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.pec.0000210176.48386.ae

PMID

16651914

Abstract

Children with apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) often pose a diagnostic and management dilemma in a pediatric emergency department. Although the term ALTE is nonspecific and symptoms are vague, it may have alarming connotations and may signal serious life threatening conditions. It may be a subtle presentation of child abuse. We report an infant who was presented with an ALTE and subsequently determined to have subdural hematoma caused by nonaccidental injury.

Language: en