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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Key words     Home cardiorespiratory monitor ; Cot-death ; Sudden infant death ; Subsequent siblings ; Anxiety ; Parental reports
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract      We studied 93 families who had previously lost a baby to cot-death. Of these, 31 chose cardiorespiratory monitoring (CRM) for their next child and were compared to 62 families who, despite similar histories, decided not to monitor their subsequent infant. A control group consisted of 50 families without history of cot death. The three objectives of this retrospective study were: (1) to gain insight into psychological factors which differentiate between parents who insist on monitoring their infant and those who do not; (2) to explore how parents of both groups cope with their feelings of anxiety and stress and; (3) to examine the effect of psychological factors on parental reactions to monitor alarms. Infants of the monitor group and the nonmonitor group were matched to the age reached by the previous cot-death victims at the moment of death. Parents who had experienced cot-death (91%) and 37% of the control group parents completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and a questionnaire, consisting mainly of multiple-choice questions. Results show that monitor parents and nonmonitor parents differ greatly in their expectations of and attributions to the equipment and in the way they process information about monitoring. More monitor parents attribute a protective value to CRM. Monitor parents reported to have been more stressed during pregnancy. Postnatally, monitor parents and nonmonitor parents did not experience different anxiety levels. Nonmonitor parents experienced a slight decrease of feelings of happiness over time. Mothers with high state anxiety scores noted more false bradycardia alarms than mothers with low scores. In contrast, fathers with high trait and state anxiety scores reported more technical false alarms than fathers with low anxiety scores. These differences between fathers and mothers in reports of alarms demonstrate the subjective character of the observations. Conclusion     Parental observations are not a valid basis to decide about home-monitor management. Counselling should begin prior to the birth of a subsequent infant in order to teach parents how to cope with anticipation stress. It should be made explicit that monitors are no guarantee against death and that other support programmes are clinically as effective as CRM.
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    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Home cardiorespiratory monitor ; Cot-death ; Sudden infant death ; Subsequent siblings ; Anxiety Parental reports
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We studied 93 families who had previously lost a baby to cot-death. Of these, 31 chose cardiorespiratory monitoring (CRM) for their next child and were compared to 62 families who, despite similar histories, decided not to monitor their subsequent infant. A control group consisted of 50 families without history of cot death. The three objectives of this retrospective study were: (1) to gain insight into psychological factors which differentiate between parents who insist on monitoring their infant and those who do not; (2) to explore how parents of both groups cope with their feelings of anxiety and stress and; (3) to examine the effect of psychological factors on parental reactions to monitor alarms. Infants of the monitor group and the nonmonitor group were matched to the age reached by the previous cot-death victims at the moment of death. Parents who had experienced cot-death (91%) and 37% of the control group parents completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and a questionnaire, consisting mainly of multiplechoice questions. Results show that monitor parents and nonmonitor parents differ greatly in their expectations of and attributions to the equipment and in the way they process information about monitoring. More monitor parents attribute a protective value to CRM. Monitor parents reported to have been more stressed during pregnancy. Postnatally, monitor parents and nonmonitor parents did not experience different anxiety levels. Nonmonitor parents experienced a slight decrease of feelings of happiness over time. Mothers with high state anxiety scores noted more false bradycardia alarms than mothers with low scores. In contrast, fathers with high trait and state anxiety scores reported more technical false alarms than fathers with low anxiety scores. These differences between fathers and mothers in reports of alarms demonstrate the subjective character of the observations.
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    European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 234 (1985), S. 325-334 
    ISSN: 1433-8491
    Keywords: Calcification of basal ganglia, bilateral non-arteriosclerotic ; Fahr's syndrome ; Neuropsychiatric sequelae in Fahr's syndrome ; Parathormone dysfunctions ; Calcium-phosphorus metabolism ; Genetics ; Stammganglienverkalkung, bilateral symmetrische ; Fahrsches Syndrom ; neuropsychiatrische Veränderungen beim Fahr-Syndrom ; Parathormonhaushalt ; Calcium-Phosphor-Stoffwechsel ; Genetik
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Wir berichten über eine Untersuchung zur bilateral symmetrischen Stammganglienverkalkung (Fahrsches Syndrom). Aus einer Sippe von insgesamt 45 Probanden konnten 31 untersucht werden, 7 davon boten einen CT-positiven Befund. Bei zumindest einem weiteren Probanden (verstorben) ergibt sich aus der Anamnese der dringende Verdacht auf ein Fahrsches Syndrom. Die breit gef ächerte, aus technischen Gründen jedoch ambulante Untersuchung, sollte verschiedene Differentialdiagnosen der bilateral symmetrischen Stammganglienverkalkung abklären bzw. ausschließen. Es wurde der Versuch unternommen, die Ätiologie unserer Fälle auf Nebenschilddrüsendysfunktion oder Parathormonresistenz einzuengen. Zusätzliche Untersuchungen, wie z. B. Kupfer-, Eisen- oder Magnesiumbestimmungen stehen in Zusammenhang mit Befunden über die Zusammensetzung der “Hirnsteine”. Weiters maßen wir in unserer Untersuchung psychiatrischen, testpsychologischen, neurologischen und elektroencephalographischen Untersuchungen große Bedeutung bei. Sie sollten, zum Teil mit Falldarstellungen, ausführliche neuropsychiatrische Befunde vermitteln, da in bisherigen Arbeiten zum Fahrschen Syndrom diesen Gesichtspunkten häufig untergeordnete Bedeutung beigemessen wurde. 19 der 31 Probanden zeigten gleichzeitig neurologische, psychopathologische, testpsychologische und im EEG nachweisbare Abweichungen vom Normbefund. Zusätzlich fiel die Häufung psychopathologischer Auffälligkeiten nach Art affektiver Erkrankungen im Rahmen eines bestehenden hirnorganischen Psychosyndroms auf. Als direkte Ursache der neuropsychiatrischen Veränderungen nehmen wir morphologische Veränderungen im Bereich der Stammganglien, möglicherweise hervorgerufen durch Calcium- und Phosphorstoffwechselstörungen, an. Trotz des CT als einer Untersuchungstechnik, die einer wesentlich früheren Erfassung des Fahrschen Syndroms entgegenkommt, nehmen wir an, daß morphologische Veränderungen sich klinisch zu einem Zeitpunkt manifestieren können, zu welchem sie noch unterhalb der CT-Nachweisgrenze liegen. Die von uns erhobenen Stoffwechselbefunde, die denkbaren genetischen Aspekte and neuro-psychiatrischen Ergebnisse werden mit den aus der Literatur bekannten Befunden diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary We present a familial study (45 members), in which 31 members have been examined. Seven were afflicted with bilateral symmetrical calcification of the basal ganglia (Fahr's syndrome), as verified by CT scans. The case history and biochemical results for one additional proband, who had died, strongly indicate that this patient also had Fahr's syndrome. The wide range of examinations used in our study were aimed at excluding differential diagnoses of bilateral symmetrical calcification of the basal ganglia, other than when the origin was suspected to be in the parathyroid. The examinations had to be undertaken on an outpatient basis. Some of the variables, such as Fe, Cu, and Mg in the plasma, are connected with results that have been published on the composition of the apatite deposits. Psychiatric, psychological, neurological, and EEG examinations are emphasized. Together with the case reports they are meant to illustrate the neuropsychiatric aspects of this syndrome, the composite view of which has often been previously neglected. Nineteen of 31 probands showed neurological, psychopathological, psychological, and encephalographical deviations. We also noted a high incidence of organic brain syndromes that are phenomenologically similar to affective disorders. We believe these deviations to be directly related to morphological alterations of the basal ganglia, possibly due to errors in phosphorous and calcium metabolism. Although the CT scan has greatly facilitated the diagnosis of intracerebral calcifications, we assume that basal ganglia alterations under the CT-density threshold may also be of clinical importance. Our metabolic results, genetic issues, and neuropsychiatric findings are discussed.
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