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Infants undergoing pyloromyotomy are not at risk for postoperative apnea

✍ Scribed by Bradley E. Chipps; Robert Moynihan; Thomas Schieble; Rebecca Stene; William Feaster; Clifford Marr; Stephen Greenholz; Nicholas Poulos; David Groza

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 25 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 8755-6863
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199904)27:4<278::aid-ppul9>3.0.co;2-n

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✦ Synopsis

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.