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Upper airway size while sucking on a pacifier in an infant with micrognathia
Author(s) -
Tonkin Shirley L,
Vogel Sally A,
Gunn Alistair J
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01259.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pacifier , airway , pediatrics , anesthesia , breastfeeding
In an infant with micrognathia, who was being evaluated after an apparent life‐threatening event, respiration timed lateral radiographs showed an increase in the width of the middle airway space during inspiration from 2 mm without the pacifier to 9 mm while sucking on a pacifier. This observation is consistent with the hypothesis that the well‐documented association between the pacifier use and reduced risk of sudden infant death syndrome may be at least in part related to changes in airway size.