Apnea means a pause in a baby's breathing lasting more than 20 seconds, often causing bradycardia, or a slow heartbeat. Apnea and bradycardia are common in premature babies because their nervous ...

Hospitalized premature babies are nearly three times more likely to experience brief breathing pauses after their routine two-month vaccinations, a clinical trial backed by the Centers for Disease ...

For moderately preterm infants, extending the caffeine treatment often used for apnea of prematurity for 28 days after discharge did not help them get home from the hospital sooner, the MoCHA ...

Hospitalized premature infants who received recommended two-month vaccinations had an increased risk of a short episode of apnea, but no serious complications arose, according to a study led by Duke ...