ROHHAD Syndrome: Clinical Cases from a Pediatric Palliative Care Service, 2012–2025

A 13-year retrospective analysis (2012–2025) of six clinically confirmed ROHHAD syndrome cases managed within a specialized pediatric palliative care service. The dataset includes demographic and socio-familial characteristics, clinical manifestations, care needs, management strategies, disease trajectories, and outcomes. It was authored by Anna Mercante and published on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing disease progression and key clinical drivers like central hypoventilation based on the described clinical manifestations.
• Studying diagnostic delays and patient outcomes based on the reported median age at onset and mortality data.
• Modeling interdisciplinary care requirements based on the described management strategies and care needs.
• Investigating correlations between autonomic dysregulation and neuropsychiatric symptoms based on the reported clinical heterogeneity.

Strengths

• Includes data from a 13-year period (2012–2025), providing longitudinal perspective.
• Contains detailed clinical and management data for six confirmed ROHHAD cases, a rare syndrome.
• Applies descriptive statistics and exploratory Spearman's rank correlation, as mentioned in the study design.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (185.4 KB), reflecting a limited case series of six patients.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Anna Mercante.

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of clinically confirmed cases managed within a specialized pediatric palliative care service.

Time Range

2012–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 10:03:14; freshness should be verified.