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J Appl Physiol 72: 116-120, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 72, Issue 1 116-120, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of inhaled oxygen (up to 40%) on periodic breathing and apnea in preterm infants

Z. Weintraub, R. Alvaro, K. Kwiatkowski, D. Cates and H. Rigatto
Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

To discover whether increases in inhaled O2 fraction (FIO2; up to 40%) decrease apnea via an increase in minute ventilation (VE) or a change in respiratory pattern, 15 preterm infants (birth weight 1,300 +/- 354 g, gestational age 29 +/- 2 wk, postnatal age 20 +/- 9 days) breathed 21, 25, 30, 35, and 40% O2 for 10 min in quiet sleep. A nosepiece and a flow-through system were used to measure ventilation. Alveolar PCO2, transcutaneous PO2, and sleep states were also assessed. All infants had periodic breathing with apneas greater than or equal to 3 s. With an increase in FIO2 breathing became more regular and apneas decreased (P less than 0.001). This regularization in breathing was not associated with significant changes in VE. However, the variability of VE, tidal volume, and expiratory and inspiratory times decreased significantly. The results indicate that the more regular breathing observed with small increases in FIO2 was not associated with significant changes in ventilation. The findings suggest that the increased oxygenation decreases apnea and periodicity in preterm infants, not via an increase in ventilation, but through a decrease in breath-to-breath variability of VE.


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