Open AccessPostmenstrual age at discharge in premature infants with and without ventilatory pattern instability
Author(s) -
Jeffery Hoover,
Jennifer Wambach,
Akshaya Vachharajani,
Barbara Warner,
John L. Carroll,
James S. Kemp
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/s41372-019-0530-7
Subject(s) - medicine , nasal cannula , hypoxemia , bronchopulmonary dysplasia , cannula , anesthesia , pediatrics , gestational age , surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
To determine if ventilatory pattern instability, manifested as periodic breathing (PB) during physiologic challenge testing, affects postmenstrual age (PMA) at discharge.