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Motions of the Pharynx Associated with Initial Aeration of the Lungs of the Newborn Infant 1
Author(s) -
BOSMA JAMES F.,
LIND JOHN,
GENTZ N.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1959.tb05416.x
Subject(s) - pharynx , medicine , radiography , respiratory system , anatomy , lung , surgery
Summary In five of eight subjects satisfactorily observed by successive radiographs within the immediate newborn period, the initial air inflation of the lung was found to be associated with a sequential distention and compression of the pharynx cavity. It is acknowledged that these observations are preliminary and incomplete. But a similarity is recognized to the glossopharyngeal breathing reported in respiratory‐deficient poliomyelitic subjects and also a part of patterns of manifestation of focal seizures in the pharynx area of an infant.