@article {Prasad217, author = {Manish Prasad and Min Tsui Ong and Gururaj Setty and William P Whitehouse}, title = {Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with acute ataxia}, volume = {98}, number = {6}, pages = {217--223}, year = {2013}, doi = {10.1136/archdischild-2013-304653}, publisher = {Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health}, 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.}, issn = {1743-0585}, URL = {https://ep.bmj.com/content/98/6/217}, eprint = {https://ep.bmj.com/content/98/6/217.full.pdf}, journal = {Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice} }