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Infants undergoing pyloromyotomy are not at risk for postoperative apnea
Author(s) -
Chipps Bradley E.,
Moynihan Robert,
Schieble Thomas,
Stene Rebecca,
Feaster William,
Marr Clifford,
Greenholz Stephen,
Poulos Nicholas,
Groza David
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199904)27:4<278::aid-ppul9>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , pyloromyotomy , apnea , anesthesia , respiratory disturbance index , sleep apnea , surgery , polysomnography , pylorus , stomach
Thirty term infants undergoing general anesthesia and pyloromyotomy had pre‐ and postoperative sleep studies to determine whether these infants were at risk for postoperative apnea. Sleep studies showed an improved respiratory disturbance index (RDI) after surgery. Postoperatively, apnea indices were lower and lowest oxygen saturation values were increased compared to the infants' preoperative status. We conclude that pyloromyotomy does not elicit postoperative apnea in term infants. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1999;27:278–281. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.