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Characterization of prolonged apneic episodes associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection
Author(s) -
Pickens Deborah L.,
Schefft Georgia L.,
Storch Gregory A.,
Thach Bradley T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.1950060314
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumovirus , respiratory system , virus , mononegavirales , virology , pneumovirinae , respiratory disease , paramyxoviridae , viral disease , lung
Abstract We used high‐speed polygraphic recordings to document in detail the sequence of events during prolonged apneic spells in two infants with respiratory syncytial viral (RSV) infection. Also, we elicited upper airway reflexes by stimulating the airway with saline during sleep. Spontaneous prolonged apneic spells were recorded in both infants, and these consisted of two distinctly different apnea types. A number of similarities between apnea of prematurity, upper aiway reflex apnea and the apneas in these two infants with RSV infection suggests the possibility that these various kinds of apnea may have related causal mechanisms.