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Pallid Breath Holding Spell
Aka: Pallid Breath Holding Spell, Pallid Spell- Epidemiology
- Less common than Cyanotic Breath Holding Spell
- Trigger: Pain
- Strike body part on falling
- Startled
- Course
- Initial: Stops breathing
- Next: Immediate loss of consciousness
- Next: Infant becomes limp and pale
- Variable: Tonic Seizure, Bradycardia, Asystole >2 sec
- Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Differential
- Management
- See Breath Holding Spell
- Atropine has been used in refractory cases