apnea
Nocturnal oxygen interruption
Apnea is a temporary cessation of breathing.
Sleep apnea is a disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, often causing loud snoring and daytime fatigue: He uses a CPAP machine for his sleep apnea.
In medical contexts, apnea may refer to any pause in respiration, whether during sleep or otherwise.
Causing deliberate interference
- centralIn the middle, primary
- CPAPForced-air breathing apparatus
- BiPAPTwo-pressure ventilation device
- snoringNoisy breathing while asleep
hypoxemia · sleep study · arousal · desaturation · airway obstruction · titration · compliance · positional
A full stopping
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- respiratory arrestComplete halt of breathing
- airwayPassage for breath
ventilation · chemoreceptors · brainstem · oxygen saturation · airflow · gas exchange
Before expected arrival
- newbornInfant just delivered
- bradycardiaAbnormally slow heart rate
- desaturationReduction of color intensity
- caffeineMethylxanthine stimulant compound
NICU · prematurity · monitor · stimulation · theophylline · immature · alarm · SIDS
Labored respiration condition
- tachypneaAbnormally quick breathing rate
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- pulmonologistPhysician treating breathing organs
- oximetryBlood oxygen level measurement
obstructive
Causing deliberate interference
snoring · hypoxemia · sleep study · arousal · desaturation · airway obstruction · titration · compliance · positional
cessation
A full stopping
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- respiratory arrestComplete halt of breathing
airway · ventilation · chemoreceptors · brainstem · oxygen saturation · airflow · gas exchange
preterm
Before expected arrival
- newbornInfant just delivered
- bradycardiaAbnormally slow heart rate
- desaturationReduction of color intensity
caffeine · NICU · prematurity · monitor · stimulation · theophylline · immature · alarm · SIDS
dyspnea
Labored respiration condition
- tachypneaAbnormally quick breathing rate
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- pulmonologistPhysician treating breathing organs
breath-hold
Voluntary suspension of respiration
hypoxic · blackout · tables · training · spearfishing
- neonatal lungsrespiratory distress, surfactant, preterm birth, premature infant, preemies
- water sportsswimming, swimmer, surfing, surfer, diving
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- Lungslungs, lung, bronchi, bronchus, alveoli
- respiración
- Respirationbreathing, lungs, inhalation, inhaling, exhalation
apneabreathing
Pulmonary gas exchange
respiration · ventilation · normal breathing · breath · inhalation
apneahyperventilation
Abnormally rapid respiration
tachypnea · overbreathing · heavy breathing · panting · gasping
- sleep apneaDisorder of interrupted breathing
- sleep apnoeaBreathing halts during rest
- sleep apnea deviceTreats obstructed breathing overnight