Seven‐Year Longitudinal Respiratory Morbidity in Ohtahara Syndrome: A Case Report Emphasizing Integrated Airway and Seizure Care in a Resource‐Limited Setting
Fadi Abualhommos, Moath Hattab, Masara Samara, Mahmoud Suleiman, Enas Samara, Abdallah Abukhater, Isra Salman · 2026
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Fadi Abualhommos and co-authors followed a girl with Ohtahara syndrome from birth to age seven, charting the breathing problems that came to dominate her care, in a 2026 case report. The syndrome is a severe epilepsy of newborns, marked by tonic spasms and a distinctive burst pattern on brain recordings.
Four seizure drugs together could not fully control her attacks, and her development stayed severely impaired. Between ages one and seven she was admitted at least 15 times with chest infections, often short of oxygen and sometimes with choking episodes pointing to swallowing trouble. Supportive breathing care and antibiotics kept her alive to school age in a setting with limited resources.
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| CREATOR | Fadi Abualhommos, Moath Hattab, Masara Samara, Mahmoud Suleiman, Enas Samara, Abdallah Abukhater, Isra Salman |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29766 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |