Apparent Life Threatening Event

Preferred Label : Apparent Life Threatening Event;

NCIt synonyms : ALTE;

NCIt definition : An episode during which the patient, usually a child less than one year, experiences a combination of apnea, color change, alteration in muscle tone, choking or gagging. This event can be frightening to the observer.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: An episode in an infant that is frightening to the observer, and that is characterized by some combination of apnea (central or occasionally obstructive), color change, marked change in muscle tone, choking or gagging. (NIH, 1987);

Details

Origin ID

C116310;

UMLS CUI

C2712370;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ALTE [MedDRA LLT]
- Acute life threatening episode [ICD-11 More detail]
- Apparent life threatening event [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Apparent life threatening event [MedDRA LLT]
- Brief, Resolved, Unexplained Event [MeSH Descriptor]
- Zinc finger bed domain-containing protein 1 [OMIM gene]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- ALTE [MedDRA LLT]
- Apparent life threatening event [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Apparent life threatening event [MedDRA LLT]
- Apparent life threatening event in infant [ICD-9 code]
- Apparent life-threatening event in infant (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology Mapped to MedDRA [NCIt concept]

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