Diminished respiratory sinus arrhythmia in asphyxiated term infants.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1986
Abstract
Spectral analysis techniques were used to quantitate the association between respiration and heart rate variability in eight healthy and eight asphyxiated infants born at term gestation. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia was demonstrated in all healthy infants. This arrhythmia was significantly diminished in asphyxiated newborn infants. We conclude that newborn infants with low Apgar scores have a reduced respiratory sinus arrhythmia and that this reduction could account for the loss of short-term heart rate variability commonly associated with asphyxia.
Volume
155
Issue
6
First Page
1263
Last Page
1266
ISSN
0002-9378
Published In/Presented At
Divon MY, Winkler H, Yeh SY, Platt LD, Langer O, Merkatz IR. Diminished respiratory sinus arrhythmia in asphyxiated term infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1986 Dec;155(6):1263-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(86)90156-0. PMID: 3789039.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
3789039
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article