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A CASE OF NEAR‐MISS SIDS DEVELOPING AN ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY REACTION TO HYPOXIA
Author(s) -
WENNERGREN G.,
BJURE J.,
KJELLMER I.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09817.x
Subject(s) - medicine , theophylline , apnea , hypoxia (environmental) , respiratory system , periodic breathing , sibling , anesthesia , pediatrics , sudden infant death syndrome , oxygen , developmental psychology , psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry
. A SIDS sibling is described who showed a normal respiratory regulation at 1.5 months but who was equipped with an apnea monitor at home on psychological indications. At 3 months he had a near‐miss SIDS episode. He was then found to have developed a reaction to hypoxia with appearance of periodic breathing. With theophylline this response pattern was normalized but despite theophylline medication episodes of prolonged apnea occurred.