9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia ap·ne·a alsoap·noe·a(ăp′nē-ə, ăp-nē′ə) n. Temporary absence or voluntary cessation of breathing. [New Latinapnoea, from Greekapnoia:a-,without; seea-1+pno...
While thoraco-abdominal asyn- chrony is expected during obstructive episodes in adults (25), neonates and infants may normally exhibit this type of breath- ing (10). In parallel to the reported modest success of polysom- nography in detecting obstructive sleep apnea, some published works have ...
Genioglossus Response to Airway Occlusion in Apneic Versus Nonapneic Infants AHS'I'KA('I'. 'l'he ability to maintain pharyngeal patcncy is compromised in infants rvllo have apncic episodes asso- ciated with airway obstruction. Since the genioglossus ((;<;) muscle is thought to be ...
Genioglossus Response to Airway Occlusion in Apneic Versus Nonapneic Infants AHS'I'KA('I'. 'l'he ability to maintain pharyngeal patcncy is compromised in infants rvllo have apncic episodes asso- ciated with airway obstruction. Since the genioglossus ((;<;) muscle is thought to be ...