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[Sudden severe hypoxemia: a cause of severe fainting attacks in infants]
S Marret1, E Jeannot, C Fessard
1Clinique de pédiatrie et de puériculture, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Rouen, France.
Pediatrie
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Six infants with life-threatening fainting fits are reported; five had bronchopulmonary dysplasia and one Pierre Robin anomaly. Clinically unsuspected episodes of hypoxaemia, related to an underlying respiratory pathology, appear to be the origin of these fits.