Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction
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Keywords

seizures-like symptoms
obstructive sleep apnea
upper respiratory tract obstruction
limited channel polysomnography

How to Cite

Zaffanello, M., Gasperi, E., Biban, P., Lubrano, L., Fiorini, E., & Piacentini, G. (2015). Seizures-like symptoms in an African child with life-threatening severe upper respiratory tract obstruction. Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM), 4(1), e040105. https://doi.org/10.7363/040105

Abstract

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.
https://doi.org/10.7363/040105
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