TY  - JOUR
T1  - APparent life-threatening events as an indicator of occult abuse
AU  - Maffei FA, Powers KS, van der Jagt EW
Y1  - 2004/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.158.4.402-a
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 402
EP  - 402
VL  - 158
IS  - 4
N2  - 
The study impetus was the finding of 5 patients with ALTEs ultimately diagnosed with abusive head injury. In these patients, "the initial history and physical examination revealed no apparent cause, but the discovery of retinal hemorrhages in 4 of the infants and the development of focal seizures in the fifth patient prompted further evaluation that led to the diagnosis of child abuse."1(p1013) These cases represent the most challenging of all ALTEs—those infants who have a significant event by history yet lack obvious examination findings that would readily explain such an event.

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.158.4.402-a
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.158.4.402-a
ER  -