FYP : Intro
Student Name : Nik Mamduhah BT Nik Zainuldin
ID : 51216111151
Course : BET Medical Electronics
Session : S2/2012 (FYP deg sem 1)
Supervisor : ZMZ ; ZARIDAH BT MAT ZAIN
Topic : Development of Home Apnea Monitor using Stretch sensor
After they're born,
babies must breathe continuously to get oxygen. In a premature baby,
the part of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) that controls
breathing is not yet mature enough to allow nonstop breathing. Generally,
babies who are born at less than 35 weeks' gestation have periods when they
stop breathing or their heart rates drop. (The medical name for a slowed heart
rate is bradycardia. This causes large bursts of breath followed by periods of
shallow breathing or stopped breathing. Apnea is a medical term that means a
baby has stopped breathing. Most experts define apnea of prematurity as a
condition in which premature infants stop breathing for 15 to 20 seconds during
sleep.
