Hypoxaemia in Pertussis

Abstract

Breathing movements, airflow and arterial oxygen saturation were recorded in 6 infants aged 3 weeks to 7 months with apneic and cyanotic episodes associated with pertussis and compared with 12 healthy controls at the Dept of Paediatrics, Cardiothoracic Institute, Brompton Hospital, and Communicable Disease Unit, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London.

Keywords

• arterial oxygen saturation
• electroencephalographic
• severe cerebral hypoxemia