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  • Abrupt awakenings accompanied by shortness of breath
  • Automatic positive airway pressure
  • Brain stem dysfunction
  • Cyanotic congenital heart disease (see cyanosis)
  • Enlarged adenoids
  • Maternal narcotic use (transfer across placenta)
  • Mucus plug
  • Open chest wounds
  • Pleural pressure gradient disruption
  • Pulmonary capillary perfusion decrease
  • Rupture of the diaphragm
  • Secretion retention

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