Polygraphic recordings of respiration in neonates: a pointer to SIDS?

Polygraphic respiratory recordings of 60 neonates were obtained from the infants in paediatric intensive care unit of a large public hospital. Thirty infants were pre-term and thirty infants were in the term (control) group. The recordings were analysed for periodic breathing and apnoeic episodes. R...

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Published in:Journal of postgraduate medicine (Bombay) 1997-07, Vol.43 (3), p.61-63
Main Authors: Dua, A D, Raikar, P R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apnea - physiopathology
Equipment Design
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight - physiology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature - physiology
Respiration
Risk Factors
Sudden Infant Death - diagnosis
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Summary:Polygraphic respiratory recordings of 60 neonates were obtained from the infants in paediatric intensive care unit of a large public hospital. Thirty infants were pre-term and thirty infants were in the term (control) group. The recordings were analysed for periodic breathing and apnoeic episodes. Results were also determined for apnoeic density in pre-term and term Infants. Apnoeic episodes were found to be statistically significant in the pre-term infants over term Infants.
ISSN:0022-3859