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During the past 15 years we have monitored infants referred for “apnea,” “apparent life-threatening events” (ALTEs), or “near-miss sudden infant death syndrome” (SIDS). A majority of those considered with abnormal monitoring during the 24-h period presented with central, mixed, and obstructive sleep apneas of variable duration (from 3 to 30s). By 6-9 months of age, most of them had a normal breathing pattern during sleep [1]. However, a subgroup of infants still presented with abnormal polygraphic findings between 10 and 12 months of age and later developed clinical symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). This report focuses on full-term infants who evolved toward a typical OSAS and attempts to evaluate if infants in this subgroup presented common factors at initial investigation or at follow-up.
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Guilleminault, C., Stoohs, R. (1991). Infant Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Near-Miss Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the Development of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. In: Peter, J.H., Penzel, T., Podszus, T., von Wichert, P. (eds) Sleep and Health Risk. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76034-1_48
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