Apparent Life-Threatening Events: XXXX ' Health Status at 5 Years of Age.

@entity1 @entity7027 @entity410 @entity71 @entity16 @entity245 @entity848 @entity302 @entity1224 @entity386
BACKGROUND: The long-term significance of @entity7027 ( @entity7027 ) has not been thoroughly studied. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate, at age 5 years, the health status of consecutive @entity1 diagnosed with @entity7027 in infancy. METHODS: Based on the diagnostic workup, @entity1 were classified into two groups: a 'broad' evaluation group (at least one test/procedure related to each of the five main causes: infectious, metabolic, cardiopulmonary, gastroenterological, neurological), and a 'narrow' workup group whose evaluation did not cover all five domains. Health status around age 5 was obtained from hospital records, community clinics and parents/caregivers. RESULTS: We identified 132 @entity1 with @entity7027 . @entity1224 (49.2%) was the most common description, followed by @entity386 (13.6%), suspected @entity410 (12.9%), @entity848 (12.1%), breath-holding spell (8.3%), and pallor (3.8%). A broad diagnostic workup was performed in 62.1% of the @entity1 , and a narrow workup in 37.9%. At age 5 years, 56.8% of the @entity1 were healthy; 27.3% reported chronic conditions unrelated to @entity7027 . Twenty-one @entity1 (15.9%) had unrelated @entity245 , mostly @entity71 . One of the 132 @entity7027 @entity1 relapsed and was eventually diagnosed with @entity302 . CONCLUSIONS: A single episode of @entity7027 in infancy was neither predictive of nor associated with chronic systemic or @entity16 at age 5 years.
