OBJECTIVE: Periodic breathing (PB) is a common respiratory pattern in preterm infants. Our aim was to determine the influence of PB on the pattern of oxygenation in preterm infants with ...

The purpose of the present report is to describe the effect of position on another manifestation — that is, periodic breathing. Fifteen experiments were carried out on patients with chronic ...

We hypothesized that, compared with adult subjects, the PCO2 apneic threshold in neonates is very close to the eupneic PCO2, likely facilitating the appearance of periodic breathing and apnea.