PERIODIC BREATHING

Periodic Breathing

- Souti Das

Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/OpenClipart-Vectors-30363/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=145696">OpenClipart-Vectors</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=145696">Pixabay</a>

It is a normal variation of breathing found in premature and full term infants. It occurs when the infants pauses their breathing for more than 10 seconds at a time followed by a series of rapid, shallow breaths. Then the breathing returns to normal without any stimulation or intervention. These pauses in breathing may be accompanied by minor oxygen desaturation and bradycardia.

It usually occurs when the infant is sleeping deeply, but can occur with light sleep or even when awake. Studies have shown that 78% of healthy full term infants experience episodes of periodic breathing in the first 2 weeks of life, which typically resolves in the first six months of life.

This is not the same as apnea, which is a cessation of breathing for greater than 20 seconds associated with limpness and cyanotic colour change. Periodic breathing are of two types:

1. Cheyne-Stokes breathing.

2. Biot's breathing.

Comments

TOP 5 BOOKS ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

COVID 19 - A brief details about COVID-19 , HISTORY, STRUCTURE, MODE OF TRANSMISSION, MODE OF ACTION and SYMPTOMS

COVID-19 - Eishika Das, -Soumyaprabha Ganguly HISTORY: Coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan , the capital of Hubei , China, and has since spread globally, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic . According to the World Health Organization (WHO), viral diseases continue to emerge and represent a serious issue to public health. In the last twenty years, several viral epidemics such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2002 to 2003 beginning in China and involving two dozen countries with approximately 8000 cases and 800 deaths , and H1N1 influenza in 2009, have been recorded. Most recently, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 approximately 2,500 cases and 800...

TOP 5 AUDIBLE AUDIO BOOK ON BIOLOGY

Amazon Audible BOOKS, STORIES, TALK SHOWS, LIFE LESSONS Try Audible Today, Cancel Anytime This app contains more than 20000 audio books which you can listen anytime . Here you can get books on various topic including science, math , biology and many more. give it a try for free for 1 month. CLICK HERE FOR FREE TRIAL ON AUDIBLE TOP 5 AUDIBLE BOOK LIST ON BIOLOGY

Biology Is Love

Search This Blog