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Duration of apnoeas in response to the laryngeal chemoreflex in infants |
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| Status |
Duration (s) |
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| First apnoea |
Total apnoea |
Recovery time |
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| RSV positive |
5.0 ± 0.7a |
10.9 ± 1.8a,b |
38.0 ± 6.0a |
| RSV negative |
3.1 ± 0.5 |
5.3 ± 1.0 |
21.0 ± 0.9 |
| Controls |
2.5 ± 0.4 |
3.4 ± 1.1 |
19.0 ± 5.0 |
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The table is taken from [25], with the permission of Taylor & Francis. Results are given as means ± SEM. RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; RSV negative, patients with RSV-negative bronchiolitis; controls, patients without respiratory tract infection. ap < 0.05 between RSV-positive patients and controls; bp < 0.05 between RSV-positive patients and RSV-negative patients. | |||
Eisenhut Critical Care 2006 10:R107 doi:10.1186/cc4984 |
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