Catalog

Acute life threatening episode

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Acute life threatening episode – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2130900368

An episode that is frightening to the observer and is characterised by some combination of apnoea (central or occasionally obstructive), colour change (usually cyanotic or pallid but occasionally erythematous or plethoric), marked change in muscle tone (usually marked limpness), choking, or gagging.