Infantile apnea

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Infantile apnea

Synonyms: Apnea in full-term infants | Apnea of infancy

Infantile apnea is a cessation of respiratory air flow that may affect newborns or older children because of neurological impairment of the respiratory rhythm or obstruction of air flow through the air passages. The symptoms include cyanosis pallor or bradycardia and snoring in case of obstructive apnea.

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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version March 2024

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