Polygraphic recordings of respiration in neonates: a pointer to SIDS?
Polygraphic respiratory recordings of 60 neonates were obtained from the infants in paediatric intensive care unit of a large public hospital. Thirty infants were pre-term and thirty infants were in the term (control) group. The recordings were analysed for periodic breathing and apnoeic episodes. Results were also determined for apnoeic density in pre-term and term Infants. Apnoeic episodes were found to be statistically significant in the pre-term infants over term Infants.
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Department of Physiology, Grant Medical College, Mumbai.
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D001049:Apnea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration; D012307:Risk Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000175:diagnosis