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VENTILATORY STUDIES IN TWO OLDER INFANTS WITH PROLONGED APNEA
Author(s) -
LAGERCRANTZ H.,
BROBERGER U.,
MILERAD J.,
EULER C. v.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1980.tb07130.x
Subject(s) - medicine , apnea , bradycardia , periodic breathing , limp , anesthesia , pediatrics , respiration , surgery , heart rate , blood pressure , anatomy
. Lagercrantz, H., Broberger, U., Milerad, J. and v. Euler, C. (Department of Paediatrics, Karolinska Hospital and the Nobel Institute of Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden). Ventilatory studies in two older infants with prolonged apnea. Acta Paediatr Scand 69:545, 1980.—Two infants, both born before term, were found apneic, cyanotic and limp at home when they were 9 weeks and 2 weeks old, respectively. Their respiration was monitored in the hospital and found to be remarkably periodic during sleep, and was in one case accompanied by pronounced bradycardia. The periodic breathing and apnea seemed to be caused by a decreased oxygen tension which can induce an instability of the central respiratory control mechanisms.