Table 1

Duration of apnoeas in response to the laryngeal chemoreflex in infants

Status
Duration (s)

First apnoea
Total apnoea
Recovery time

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

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.

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