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Brief resolved unexplained event: how life-threatening are they? (literature review)
Author(s) -
Н. Н. Кораблева,
Leonid Makarov,
Л. А. Балыкова,
Н.П. Котлукова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rossijskij pediatričeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-0843
DOI - 10.15690/rpj.v1i3.2174
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , scope (computer science) , event (particle physics) , intensive care medicine , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , physical therapy , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
This article presents the view expressed in contemporary scientific literature on the evolution of definitions, diagnostic approaches and risk stratification for suddenly occurred life-threatening conditions accompanied by cardiorespiratory disorders in children of the first year of life. The term “brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)” has replaced the terms “apparent life-threatening event” and “aborted sudden infant death syndrome”. The provided information is derived from clinical guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Italian Society of Pediatrics dealing with the above clinical conditions. The authors’ view is focused on the life-threatening situations and risk stratification for adverse outcome. The criteria for classifying infants’ condition as a low risk of life-threatening condition following the occurred event are provided. The authors’ collective invites the national pediatric community for a discussion on the issue of a life-threatening nature of BRUE among children of the first year of life in order to build a strategic action plan dealing with the necessity of hospitalization and scope of diagnostic insight into the cause of the event.