[Crux medicorum: Ondine's curse (author's transl)].
All known cases of the Ondine's curse syndrome with lifethreatening complications in consequence of narcosis, sedatives or oxygen-administration are reported. The avoidance of accidents requires blood gas analysis and more attention to the less well-known phenomenon--possibly a cause of the sudden-death-syndrome.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000379:methods; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000175:diagnosis; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome
Crux medicorum: Undine's Fluch.