Apneas during sleep in infants: possible relationship with sudden infant death syndrome.
Several types of apnea are described in premature infants and in infants who have survived breathing-stoppage episodes which may be related to the sudden infant death syndrome. Upper airway apnea appears to induce the greatest changes: oxygen desaturation is more pronounced than in a central apnea of similar duration, and secondary cardiac changes are observed earlier and are more severe.
D001049:Apnea / Q000150:complications*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012890:Sleep; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics