The divergent ventilatory and heart rate response to moderate hypercapnia in infants with apnoea of infancy

BACKGROUND—Inspired CO(2) is a potent ventilatory stimulant exhibiting a paradoxical inhibitory effect on breathing at high concentrations. Severe respiratory depression as a result of CO(2) rebreathing during sleep has been implicated as a possible trigger factor in sudden infant death syndrome (SI...

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Main Authors: Katz-Salamon, M., Milerad, J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1717683/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9875018
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