[Sudden severe hypoxemia: a cause of severe fainting attacks in infants].
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.
Marret
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Clinique de pédiatrie et de puériculture, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Rouen, France.
Jeannot
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Fessard
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D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
L'hypoxémie sévère brutale: une cause de malaise grave du nourrisson?