title: Upper GI examinations in older premature infants with persistent apnea: correlation with simultaneous cardiorespiratory monitoring.
abstract: Upper gastrointestinal examinations with simultaneous cardiorespiratory monitoring were performed in 39 older premature infants with persistent apnea. Swallowing incoordination was documented to be causatively related to persistent apnea in such infants, especially with feeding. Direct relationship between apnea and gastroesophageal reflux was not documented in this study.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niitsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oono
mesh_terms: D001049:Apnea / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011859:Radiography; D012119:Respiration