Relationship between the Clinical Characteristics and Intervention Scores of Infants with Apparent Life-threatening Events

Choi, Hee Joung; Kim, Yeo Hyang

In the present study, we identified the heterogeneity of ALTEs; some patients often appeared healthy upon arrival in the ED or OPD, while some patients required immediate CPR. This het- erogeneity causes difficulties for clinicians deciding how to manage patients with ALTE. The admission rate for ALTE is usually 75%-100% (9-12), reflecting the recommendations of many centers that all patients with ALTE be admitted for a period of inpatient observation. Some studies suggested that the major indicators of admission and further evaluation were prematurity, age younger than 30 days or older than 60 days, history of other illness, recurrent ALTE, and abnormal result in the initial examination (4, 9, 10) . In our study, the admission rate of ALTE infant was 100% and duration of hospital stay was 2-38 days.