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Simple Breath Holding

MedGen UID:
1719459
•Concept ID:
C5238870
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Simple Breath Holding Spell; Simple Breath-holding Spell

Definition

A clinical condition in which there is a breath-holding spell without syncope. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSimple Breath Holding

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of hiccups in palliative care patients.
Jeon YS, Kearney AM, Baker PG
BMJ Support Palliat Care 2018 Mar;8(1):1-6. Epub 2017 Jul 13 doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001264. PMID: 28705925
Syncope In Pediatric Patients: A Practical Approach To Differential Diagnosis And Management In The Emergency Department.
Fant C, Cohen A
Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2017 Apr;14(4):1-28. PMID: 28362251

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lung-to-finger circulation time can be measured stably with high reproducibility by simple breath holding method in cardiac patients.
Tobushi T, Kasai T, Hirose M, Sakai K, Akamatsu M, Ohsawa C, Yoshioka Y, Suda S, Shiroshita N, Nakamura R, Kadokami T, Tohyama T, Funakoshi K, Hosokawa K, Ando SI
Sci Rep 2021 Aug 5;11(1):15913. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95192-3. PMID: 34354137Free PMC Article
Relationship Between Age and Cerebral Hemodynamic Response to Breath Holding: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.
Karunakaran KD, Ji K, Chen DY, Chiaravalloti ND, Niu H, Alvarez TL, Biswal BB
Brain Topogr 2021 Mar;34(2):154-166. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s10548-021-00818-4. PMID: 33544290
Effectiveness Oral Theophylline, Piracetam, and Iron Treatments in Children With Simple Breath-Holding Spells.
Dai AI, Demiryürek AT
J Child Neurol 2020 Jan;35(1):25-30. Epub 2019 Sep 10 doi: 10.1177/0883073819871854. PMID: 31502508
Convulsions in the first three years of life.
Rossiter EJ, Luckin J, Vile A, Ganly N, Hallowes R, Pearson RD
Med J Aust 1977 Nov 26;2(22):735-40. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb99254.x. PMID: 611368

Diagnosis

Relationship Between Age and Cerebral Hemodynamic Response to Breath Holding: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.
Karunakaran KD, Ji K, Chen DY, Chiaravalloti ND, Niu H, Alvarez TL, Biswal BB
Brain Topogr 2021 Mar;34(2):154-166. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s10548-021-00818-4. PMID: 33544290
Breath-holding as a means to estimate the loop gain contribution to obstructive sleep apnoea.
Messineo L, Taranto-Montemurro L, Azarbarzin A, Oliveira Marques MD, Calianese N, White DP, Wellman A, Sands SA
J Physiol 2018 Sep;596(17):4043-4056. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.1113/JP276206. PMID: 29882226Free PMC Article
Assessment of cerebrovascular reactivity with functional magnetic resonance imaging: comparison of CO(2) and breath holding.
Kastrup A, Krüger G, Neumann-Haefelin T, Moseley ME
Magn Reson Imaging 2001 Jan;19(1):13-20. doi: 10.1016/s0730-725x(01)00227-2. PMID: 11295341

Therapy

Effectiveness Oral Theophylline, Piracetam, and Iron Treatments in Children With Simple Breath-Holding Spells.
Dai AI, Demiryürek AT
J Child Neurol 2020 Jan;35(1):25-30. Epub 2019 Sep 10 doi: 10.1177/0883073819871854. PMID: 31502508

Prognosis

Relationship Between Age and Cerebral Hemodynamic Response to Breath Holding: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.
Karunakaran KD, Ji K, Chen DY, Chiaravalloti ND, Niu H, Alvarez TL, Biswal BB
Brain Topogr 2021 Mar;34(2):154-166. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s10548-021-00818-4. PMID: 33544290
Breath-holding as a means to estimate the loop gain contribution to obstructive sleep apnoea.
Messineo L, Taranto-Montemurro L, Azarbarzin A, Oliveira Marques MD, Calianese N, White DP, Wellman A, Sands SA
J Physiol 2018 Sep;596(17):4043-4056. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.1113/JP276206. PMID: 29882226Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Relationship Between Age and Cerebral Hemodynamic Response to Breath Holding: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.
Karunakaran KD, Ji K, Chen DY, Chiaravalloti ND, Niu H, Alvarez TL, Biswal BB
Brain Topogr 2021 Mar;34(2):154-166. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s10548-021-00818-4. PMID: 33544290
Breath-holding as a means to estimate the loop gain contribution to obstructive sleep apnoea.
Messineo L, Taranto-Montemurro L, Azarbarzin A, Oliveira Marques MD, Calianese N, White DP, Wellman A, Sands SA
J Physiol 2018 Sep;596(17):4043-4056. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.1113/JP276206. PMID: 29882226Free PMC Article
Sexual and postural differences in cardioventilatory responses during and after breath holding at rest.
Sébert P, Sanchez J
Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 1981;47(3):209-22. doi: 10.1007/BF00422467. PMID: 7198032
Normal inferior vena cava: caliber changes observed by dynamic ultrasound.
Grant E, Rendano F, Sevinc E, Gammelgaard J, Holm HH, Grønvall S
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1980 Aug;135(2):335-8. doi: 10.2214/ajr.135.2.335. PMID: 6773338

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