apnea

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Introduction

Cessation of all airflow at the nose & mouth for at least 10 seconds^[2].

↑ Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 749
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