Interference between gastroesophageal reflux and sleep in near miss SIDS.
GER may be considered as one of the triggering factors in some apparently life-threatening events or even SIDS. Also at the present time, many teams perform 24-h pH monitoring in at-risk infants and treat those with abnormal scores. However, further investigations are needed to answer the question: Which unknown additional factor(s) is present when a specific episode of GER causes apnea and/or bradycardia either during sleep or wakefulness?
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INSERM CJF 8909, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France.
D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013398:Sudden Infant Death