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Apnea monitor
An apnea monitor uses a belt around the baby's chest to monitor the heart rate and breathing of the baby. The monitor has an alarm that activates if the baby stops breathing or the heart rate drops.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 41-year old asked:
Who should rent an apnea monitor?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can an apnea monitor be used with my 6 month old?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My 2 month olds apnea monitor is constantly going off showing a BPM of 234 and higher mainly when she is calm and resting. Should i be worried?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Why would someone need a full sleep study after having a home apnea monitor study that showed sleep apnea?
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A 31-year old asked:
Nicu said to use apnea monitor from discharge to 6 month old. Do I need to leave him on it while I am in the room?
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A 27-year old female asked:
9 week old was sleeping on my chest when apnea monitor went off. Picked her up off of me - she seemed stiff but then woke right up. What was this?
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A 27-year old female asked:
2 month old baby's sleep apnea monitor goes off more when she lays on my chest. Why?
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A 23-year old male asked:
What are the different methods/devices used to detect and monitor Apnea of Prematurity in hospital Neonatal ICU (NICU)?
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A 36-year old asked:
If you wear a monitor for sleep apnea how will it record not breathing?
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A 49-year old male asked:
Can I use an spo2 oxygen monitor, the type I can wear at night. To get an idea if I have sleep apnea?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Sleep apnea? SpO2 events (>=4%) 17.7ph, total 62.2min/7hrs, ave 29.6s, basal 92.3%,time <88% 10min (21x,ave low 86%) Home monitor,GP wouldn't test
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A 76-year old female asked:
Wore a Holter monitor for 29 days. Have mild Afib. The results showed that I had pauses for 2 seconds which occurred 6 times. The longest pause 5.6 seconds. told I probably have sleep apnea and need to take a sleep study test. Do you concur?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Would you recommend treating or monitoring a TSH of 5.01 (has gone up from 4.54 over 4 months)? Have sleep apnea which could explain fatigue
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A 36-year old female asked:
Went to ER last night due to feeling weak in legs and nauseous. While on cardiac monitor, a few times it read apnea alarm, pvc's..Why? Heart rate norm
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A 23-year old male asked:
I had sleep study done as kid nothing was found today sleep apena was found i take seroquel (quetiapine) which makes me tired during the day can pcp monitor brain?
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A 37-year old female asked:
What do I have to do for mild spleeping apnea?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Apnea?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is apnea? What kind of dr do you see for this?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are the causes of sleep center apnea?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why deglutition apnea occurs swallowing?
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A 20-year old female asked:
What is sleep apnea?
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Sleep apnea provent?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is sleep apnea common?
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Symptoms if sleep apnea?
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A 38-year old asked:
Define mild sleep apnea?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is organic sleep apnea?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is done for sleep apnea?
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A 45-year old asked:
How can sleep apnea be cured?
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A 22-year old female asked:
How is sleep apnea diagnosed?
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What is obstructive sleep apnea?
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