Vol. 10 - Num. 40
Evidence based Pediatrics
The importance of knowing and recognizing the fetal alcohol syndrome spectrum
Cristina Rivas Juesasa, Javier González de Diosb
aServicio de Pediatría. Hospital de Sagunto. Valencia. España.
bServicio de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Departamento de Pediatría. Universidad Miguel Hernández. ISABIAL-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante. Alicante. España.
Correspondence: C Rivas. E-mail: crisrijue@hotmail.com
Reference of this article: Rivas Juesas C, González de Dios J. The importance of knowing and recognizing the fetal alcohol syndrome spectrum. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2008;10:699-702.
Published in Internet: 31-12-2008 - Visits: 11064
Abstract
Critically appraised article: Elliott EJ, Payne J, Morris A, Haan E, Bower C, Paediatrician contributing to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Fetal alcohol syndrome: a prospective national surveillance study. Arch Dis Child. 2008;93;732-7.
Authors' conclusions: this epidemiologic prospective study, the first national data in the world, shows the complexity, severity and developmental impact of fetal alcohol syndrome. We need preventive approaches and early diagnosis.
Reviewers' commentary: fetal alcohol syndrome is a predictable disease. We need the to have the knowledge to suspect it and also to make an early diagnosis and be able to recognize the broad spectrum of presentations of this disorder.
Keywords
● Epidemiological surveillance ● Epidemiology ● Fetal alcohol syndromeThis content is not available in html format but you may download it in Acrobat Reader (PDF).
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