Prolonged apnea risk evaluation

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1998-08-05

2000-05-09

O'Connor, Cary

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

600590, 600534, A61N 500

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060597259

ABSTRACT:
A method for determining the probability of an episode of prolonged apnea in an infant less than or equal to 6 months of age has been developed. The method includes conducting a physiological feeding study wherein the subject is bottle fed while monitoring respiration, heart rate, O.sub.2 saturation, and sucking pressure, conducting a sleep study wherein the subject is allowed to sleep naturally while monitoring respiration, heart rate, O.sub.2 saturation, and brain activity, and analyzing the data to make a prediction of the probability of a prolonged episode of sleep apnea. The method can further include correlating the results of the physiological feeding study and the sleep study with age, epidemiologic characteristics, and birth age. In the preferred embodiment, the sleep study is conducted in an environmentally controlled test chamber at 90.degree..+-.2.degree. F., and both respiratory effort and air flow are measured.

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