Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction
Obstructive sleep apneas are characterized by episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction during sleep. Symptoms and signs are associated with sleep-related breathing disorders. Sometimes it can be clinically difficult to distinguish abnormal events related to sleep disorders from seizu...
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| author | Marco Zaffanello Emma Gasperi Paolo Biban Luigi Lubrano Elena Fiorini Giorgio Piacentini |
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| description | Obstructive sleep apneas are characterized by episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction during sleep. Symptoms and signs are associated with sleep-related breathing disorders. Sometimes it can be clinically difficult to distinguish abnormal events related to sleep disorders from seizures. We report herein the case of a child with seizures-like symptoms during sleep. Epilepsy was excluded and symptomatology was referred to life-threatening upper respiratory obstruction from tonsils and adenoids hypertrophy that required persistent intubation before surgical removal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b07fcec774c445fb8720669134190ce72022-12-21T18:41:36ZengHygeia Press di Corridori MarinellaJournal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine2281-06922015-01-0141e040105e04010510.7363/040105205Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstructionMarco Zaffanello0Emma Gasperi1Paolo Biban2Luigi Lubrano3Elena Fiorini4Giorgio Piacentini5Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, Pediatric Division, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyDepartment of Life and Reproduction Sciences, Pediatric Division, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyDepartment of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, ItalyDepartment of Life and Reproduction Sciences, Pediatric Division, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyDepartment of Life and Reproduction Sciences, Child Neuropsychiatry Division, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyDepartment of Life and Reproduction Sciences, Pediatric Division, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyObstructive sleep apneas are characterized by episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction during sleep. Symptoms and signs are associated with sleep-related breathing disorders. Sometimes it can be clinically difficult to distinguish abnormal events related to sleep disorders from seizures. We report herein the case of a child with seizures-like symptoms during sleep. Epilepsy was excluded and symptomatology was referred to life-threatening upper respiratory obstruction from tonsils and adenoids hypertrophy that required persistent intubation before surgical removal.https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/244seizures-like symptomsobstructive sleep apneaupper respiratory tract obstructionlimited channel polysomnography |
| spellingShingle | Marco Zaffanello Emma Gasperi Paolo Biban Luigi Lubrano Elena Fiorini Giorgio Piacentini Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine seizures-like symptoms obstructive sleep apnea upper respiratory tract obstruction limited channel polysomnography |
| title | Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction |
| title_full | Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction |
| title_fullStr | Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction |
| title_short | Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction |
| title_sort | seizures like symptoms in an african child with life threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction |
| topic | seizures-like symptoms obstructive sleep apnea upper respiratory tract obstruction limited channel polysomnography |
| url | https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/244 |
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