title: Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with acute ataxia.
abstract: Acute ataxia is a relatively common presentation to the paediatric acute services or child neurologist. Although the cause of ataxia is most often benign, it is important during initial assessment to recognise or exclude serious causes including brain tumour and central nervous system infections. It is equally important to recognise the non-neurological causes of unsteady gait and to avoid unnecessary investigations. In this review, we have presented a diagnostic approach to a child presenting with acute ataxia and described various causes, their treatments and outcomes.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Dewsbury District Hospital, , Dewsbury, UK.
authors: Manish
authors: M
authors: Prasad
authors: Min Tsui
authors: MT
authors: Ong
authors: Gururaj
authors: G
authors: Setty
authors: William P
authors: WP
authors: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis
keywords: Accident & Emergency; General Paediatrics; Neurology; Neuromuscular