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- Preterm infants often experience various breathing issues, including central apneas, obstructive apneas, and respiratory distress syndrome, which may lead to ongoing oxygen therapy after leaving the hospital.
- Persistent breathing problems in these infants increase the likelihood of disrupted sleep and potentially serious life-threatening events.
- Polysomnography is a valuable diagnostic tool that helps identify abnormal breathing patterns, assess the risk of sleep-related breathing events, and guide decisions about stopping oxygen therapy.
Article Abstract
There is a range of breathing problems which occur and may persist in preterm infants, such as central apneas, obstructive apneas and periodic breathing. Preterm infants may also suffer from respiratory distress syndrome and chronic lung disease necessitating prolonged use of oxygen therapy after discharge from the hospital. Due to these persistent breathing pattern abnormalities in preterm infants, there is a higher risk of altered sleep and apparent life threatening events. Polysomnography can be a helpful tool to identify those infants who have abnormalities in their breathing pattern, to identify those infants who have an increased risk to get a sleep related breathing event at home and to decide about the discontinuation of oxygen therapy.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.07.005 | DOI Listing |
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