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98: Brief Resolved Unexplained Events
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Published:May 2023
Joel S. Tieder, MD, MPH, FAAP, Kathryn Westphal, MD, "Brief Resolved Unexplained Events", Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine, Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP, Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM
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A brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) is defined as an incident that occurs in an infant younger than 1 year, when the observer reports a sudden, brief, and resolved episode of one or more of the following: cyanosis or pallor; absent, decreased, or irregular breathing; marked change in tone (hyper- or hypotonia); and altered level of responsiveness. A BRUE is a diagnosis of exclusion, assigned when there is no explanation for a qualifying event after compiling an appropriate history and conducting a physical examination.
It is important to note that, unlike the previously used term apparent life-threatening event, a...
