Patent Document ID: 6059725
Application ID: 09129566
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for determining a probability of an episode of prolonged apnea in an infant subject less than or equal to 6 months of age comprising: (a) conducting a physiological feeding study wherein the subject is bottle fed while monitoring respiration, heart rate, O.sub.2 saturation, and sucking pressure, and (b) conducting a sleep study wherein the subject is allowed to sleep naturally while monitoring respiration, heart rate, O.sub.2 saturation, and brain activity, (c) correlating results of the physiological feeding study and the sleep study with age, epidemiologic characteristics, and birth age, and, (d) analyzing correlated data from the physiolozical feeding study and the sleep study to make a determination of the probability of a prolonged episode of sleep apnea.