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Apnea During Infancy
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | Apnea during infancy remains a difficult problem in pediatrics: what is physi-ologic and what is pathologic? To address this quandary, this chapter will firstattempt to describe what is considered the spectrum of normal breathing for a''healthy'' term infant from the gold standard of polysomnography as well asmultichannel recordings in the hospital and at home. This review will thenexamine the challenging chief complaint of an apparent life-threatening event(ALTE). ALTE was defined by a National Institutes of Health expert panel in1986 as ''an episode that is frightening to the observer and that is characterizedby some combination of apnea (central and occasionally obstructive), colorchange (usually cyanotic or pallid but occasionally erythematous or plethoric),marked change in muscle tone (usually marked limpness), choking, or gagging''(1). In the subsequent 20 years there has been improved understanding in theepidemiology, diagnosis, and management of this heterogeneous group ofpatients with diverse underlying pathophysiology. This chapter focuses onexamining the cardiorespiratory abnormalities of those infants who have beenidentified as idiopathic ALTE, specifically those infants in whom no underlyingdiagnosis was found. Book Name: Sleep and Breathing in Children |
| Related Links | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.3109/9781420060836-14/apnea-infancy-jean-silvestri-aloka-patel |
| Ending Page | 260 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| Starting Page | 243 |
| DOI | 10.3109/9781420060836-14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2008-02-19 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Sleep and Breathing in Children Respiratory System Infancy Apnea Well Asmultichannel Occasionally Erythematous |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
