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EVIDENCE FOR A LARYNGEAL CHEMOREFLEX IN SOME HUMAN PRETERM INFANTS
Author(s) -
PERKETT ELIZABETH ANN,
VAUGHAN ROSS LEROY
Publication year - 1982
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.1651-2227.1982.tb09558.x
Subject(s) - medicine , apnea , reflex , etiology , anesthesia , pediatrics , audiology
. Studies in animals have documented the presence of a laryngeal chemoreflex. This reflex reflex in apnea when water is placed in the laryngeal area. This study of ten premature infants presents data that would support the existence of a similar reflex response in some premature infants. All ten infants studied had apnea of unknown etiology.