Obstructive Apnea

While children are influenced by many things, there are no stronger influences than that of their parents. Parents are usually their children’s first playmates, and while there world expands with each passing year, parental influence is still one of the greatest factors in determining the ways in which the child will grow and develop.

Then deliver two breaths and listen for any sounds of breathing. You should repeat these steps one more time if he or she is still unresponsive. If the baby or child doesn’t respond to the rescue breaths begin CPR.

We know that parental involvement is important for children, but I don't think a child's

Children have the attitude that their parents should be able to work through and solve any

Try making the child more comfortable it is recommended to put them in a seating position so that are comfy and it encourages air to get to the lungs.

I am writing this statement because I have been diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea. Before, I entered the military I never had problems with sleeping, breathing, headaches, or snoring. I didn’t realize that I snored until I started dating my wife in 1999. She told me that I snored. I was in denial. She asked my mother did I snore when i was younger, my mother told her I never snored. I believe I started snoring during my 13th month tour in Korea were the air was so polluted and as I got older my snoring became worst. I am afraid to sleep because I choke in my sleep. Every morning I get up I have headaches. I complained to Dr. Harbin that I have headaches every morning I get up. He requested that I have a sleep apnea test performed.

The population of world is growing each and every year. With more people the more food needs to be made and the greater the strain on healthcare and many other things. However, there is still much room to grow throughout the world. China is an nation with a very large population and has an extremely high birth rate, in fact it is over 17 million live births a year. However, with such a large number of births there is also the problem of of the infant death rate (Matandrea, 2009). The death rate is 29.2 per 1000 births (Matandrea, 2009). That is very high. Over twenty percent of deaths are caused by asphyxia, or lack of oxygen to the body. Through recent efforts, a company called the Freedom of Breath helped

Different from the problems had with infection and disease but just as important is getting oxygen to pre-term neonates' lungs. Movement of oxygen from one-point to the next happens within a diffusion gradient which goes from high to low (Karlsen, 2006), and before birth a lot of the blood from the right side of the heart can't enter the lungs because of more resistance to flow in the blood vessels in the fetal lungs (Kattwinkel & Bloom, 2011). All the oxygen used by a fetus diffuses across a placental membrane from a mothers' blood to the baby's blood (Evansville, 2001). Approximately 10% of newborns will require assistance to begin a normal breathing pattern (Kattwinkel & Bloom, 2011). Although 10% seems like a small number it really is too high and we should have some type of machine of sorts in this modern day of age.

Since I am the youngest in my family and have no nieces or nephews, the birthing chapter was difficult for me to relate to since I have had no exposure to these scenarios. I’m sure there are a lot of other people in the class who have the same feelings as me when it comes to relating to birth; we have no experience or memories with these situations. Nonetheless, the pieces we read and viewed in this chapter did make sense and were interesting.

Respiratory distress is common, affecting up to 70% of all premature newborns, and is increasingly common in even modest prematurity. Preventive and therapeutic measures for some of the most common underlying causes are well studied and when implemented can reduce the burden of disease. Failure to readily recognize symptoms and treat the underlying cause of respiratory distress in the newborn can lead to short- and long-term complications, including chronic lung disease, respiratory failure, and even death.

There is different methods to diagnose respiratory distress in the neonate. Diagnoses can be based on breath sounds, medical history, physical exams, arterial blood gases, chest x-ray, CT scan, heart sounds, and too much fluid in the body. The arterial blood gas will determine if the infant has enough oxygen in the blood. The chest x-ray will probably show atelectasis, reduce lung volumes, air bronchograms, and increase lung opacification. The patient will experience abnormal breath sounds. The infants will have shallow breathing, sharp pulling in of the chest below and between the ribs, frothing at the lips, blue color around the lips, weak cry, apnea, swelling of the extremities, decrease urine output, flaring of the nostrils, and grunting

CPAP increases the FRC by recruiting atelectatic alveoli resulting in increase in the surface area for gas exchange, thus improving oxygenation. At optimum FRC with CPAP, the locally vaso-constricted vessels due to under ventilation, opens up. These effects decreases intrapulmonary shunt and reduces PaCO2 levels.

A medical team that specializes in newborn breathing problems should be consulted or should be involved in care. [3]

The sound of the first cry echoes through the room as a newborn takes its first breath of air, is it a boy? Is it a girl? Who cares, as long as the baby is healthy, right? Unfortunately, not every newborn enters this world with a clean bill of health. Babies are born everyday with health issues, some worse than others. The human body is a complex creation; it is comprised of a series of vital organs and systems that are necessary in order to support life, such as the respiratory system, which will be discussed in this paper, in the form of respiratory distress. When a newborn experiences respiratory distress the healthcare provider must be able to quickly identify the signs and symptoms and provide respiratory support. There are many conditions

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a common lung disorder that mostly affects preterm infants. RDS is caused by insufficient surfactant production and structural immaturity of the lungs leading to alveolar collapse. Clinically, RDS presents soon after birth with tachypnea, nasal flaring, grunting, retractions, hypercapnia, and/or an oxygen need. The usual course is clinical worsening followed by recovery in 3 to 5 days as adequate surfactant production occurs. Research in the prevention and treatment of this disease has led to major improvements in the care of preterm infants with RDS and increased survival. However, RDS remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality especially in the most preterm infants. This chapter reviews the most current evidence-based management of RDS, including prevention, delivery room stabilization, respiratory management, and supportive care.