Objective To test the repeatability of sonography in the assessment of fetal sucking and swallowing movements. (−1.4; 1.6), 0.1 (−2.2; 2.3) and −0.6 (−9.0; 7.9), and the mean (95% limits of agreement) intraobserver difference was 0.4 (−3.1; 3.9), 0.1 (−2.0; 2.2) and 1.0 (−10.7; 12.7) for swallowing movements, sucking bursts and total sucking movements, respectively.
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ConclusionsThe high degree of intra-and interobserver repeatability disclosed in the sonographic analysis of fetal sucking and swallowing movements supports the applicability of sonographic assessment in normal fetuses.
Upper airway obstruction and obesity can produce cardiopulmonary distress in susceptible children. Three such children with chronic airway obstruction due to hypertrophied tonsillar and adenoidal tissue developed pronounced obesity, which in turn helped to provoke sleep alterations, cardiac signs, and abnormal arterial blood gas values. After tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy the symptoms were relieved.
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