PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Coleman
AU  - S J Boros
AU  - T L Huseby
AU  - W S Brennom
TI  - Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. A report of successful experience with bilateral diaphragmatic pacing.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.55.11.901
DP  - 1980 Nov 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 901--903
VI  - 55
IP  - 11
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/11/901.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/11/901.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1980 Nov 01; 55
AB  - Bilateral diaphragmatic pacing was successfully performed in an 18-month-old child with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) as an alternative to long-term mechanical ventilation. Subsequent complications were related more to cor pulmonale and tracheostomy care than to the pacing itself.