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957847

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Recent awareness of the magnitude of sudden unexplained deaths in apparently healthy infants has lead to an increased interest in those circumstances that are associated with or can elicit prolonged and serious apneic episodes. In the present studies, attention was directed toward the study of physiologic activity during sleep and feeding. Apneic episodes of varying durations occur during sleep which, in some instances, can be of sufficient length to warrant resuscitative intervention. A number of infants also reveal transient upper airway obstruction following brief periods of sleep apnea. This functional airway obstruction produces sudden and severe bradycardia. Similarly, infant feeding can induce dangerously prolonged periods of apnea and, in some infants, transient airway obstruction. Few detailed studies have been performed to identify the anatomical level or characteristics of the obstruction. Available evidence suggests that this can take the form either of muscle hypotonicity or hypertonicity. Two infants observed by means of direct laryngoscopy revealed transient failure of vocal cord abduction. These results have provided for the development of two theoretical models that can result in the sudden infant death syndrome; furthermore, continuous recordings of respiratory and cardiac activity during feeding and sleep can be extremely valuable in elucidating the mechanisms responsible for the sudden development of apneic and cyanotic episodes in infants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0023-852X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1359-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Apnea and airway obstruction during feeding and sleep.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.