I want you to understand that nurses do this NOT out of ignorance or neglect, but out of a long history of placing babies on their tummies in the NICU, because they are safely protected by the heart rate &
apnea monitors while they are in the NICU.
Not exact matches
The car seat challenge is used as a way to determine your baby's readiness for travel in a car seat and to
monitor for possible
apnea, bradycardia or oxygen desaturation
while sitting in their seat for an extended period of time.
The AAP recommends against using home cardiorespiratory
monitors, the kind that detect
apnea (pauses in breathing
while sleeping), brachycardia (heart rate drops) and / or blood hemoglobin oxygenation.
While babies are in the NICU, their heart rate and breathing pattern are carefully
monitored, and periods of
apnea and bradycardia are caught quickly.
Diagnosis of sleep
apnea involves an overnight study at a sleep lab, or in some cases, a home test that
monitors your breathing and vital signs
while you sleep.
Many sleep disorders such as sleep
apnea and insomnia can be difficult to pinpoint
while you're awake, so doctors use sleep clinics to
monitor patients overnight.
This includes FDA - approved portable
monitoring systems that sleep
apnea patients can take home with them,
while the data is still being analyzed by a clinician.