apnea of prematurity
MONDO:0020567Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names apnea of prematurity yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Apnea of prematurity is a developmental disorder affecting premature infants, likely secondary to an immaturity of respiratory control resulting in idiopathic pauses in breathing often associated with reduced heart rate and arterial blood oxygen levels. It may be exacerbated by concurrent neonatal diseases.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020567), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
5 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- ApneaHPOHP:0002104
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- BradycardiaHPOHP:0001662
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CyanosisHPOHP:0000961
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HypoxemiaHPOHP:0012418
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Failure to thrive in infancyHPOHP:0001531
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of