Acute respiratory failure leading to emergency intubation: An unusual manifestation of Munchausen's syndrome

Klaassen, F. Antonique J.; Schober, Patrick; Schwarte, Lothar A.; Boer, Christa; Loer, Stephan A.

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.06.001

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“…AFD was first described as Munchausen syndrome by Richard Asher in 1951 (10). Affected patients are known to fabricate or induce symptoms of illness to seek recurrent medical care with subsequent unnecessary tests, treatments, and hospital admissions (15–20). Some patients may even allow procedures as invasive as endotracheal intubation for the secondary gains (18).…”

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Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)

2010

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Pediatric condition falsification (PCF), also known as Munchausen syndrome by Proxy or Medical Child Abuse, is a somewhat rare form of child abuse and neglect. Its association with a history of adult factitious disorder (AFD) or Munchausen syndrome in the perpetrator is also well known. Exogenous insulin injection to cause hypoglycemia both in the context of PCF and AFD has been reported in the literature. However, the coexistence of both conditions via insulin injection in the same family has not been reported in the literature. This paper presents a family, in which the mother was diagnosed with AFD and her three children with PCF perpetrated by their mother via exogenous insulin injection.

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Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)

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“…Respiratory presentations of Munchausen's syndrome are rare, but can include manifestations of asthma . We speculate that this patient may have learnt to ‘control’ her own oxygen saturation to corroborate a falsified account of their symptoms.…”

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Perritt

Dunlop

2017

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Two unusual cases of intractable hyperthyroidism responsive to octreotide: Munchausen syndrome or not?

Liu

Zhao

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Clinica Chimica Acta

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Acute respiratory failure leading to emergency intubation: An unusual manifestation of Munchausen's syndrome

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)

Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)

A novel wheeze

Two unusual cases of intractable hyperthyroidism responsive to octreotide: Munchausen syndrome or not?

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