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In the present study, breathing patterns during quiet sleep were analyzed in 53 follow-up measurements in 25 babies of ages 6 weeks, 6 months and 1 year. Using spectral analysis, respiratory parameters were computed to compare control infants with infants at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). SIDS-risk infants show no significant difference in respiratory rate or variability in the state of quiet sleep.
This study is supported by the „Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Projekt S49/03) in Austria and is part of the COMAC-BME project “Methodology for the Analysis of the Sleep-Wakefulness Continuum”.
The babies were selected by the Department of Pediatrics (Head: Prof. Dr. R. Kurz) and the Department of Physiology (Head: Prof. Dr. T. Kenner), both of the University of Graz. We would like to acknowledge their support.
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Litscher, G., Pfurtscheller, G. (1991). Spectral Analysis of Breathing in Infants in the First Year of Life During Quiet Sleep — Preliminary Results. In: Adlassnig, KP., Grabner, G., Bengtsson, S., Hansen, R. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 1991. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 45. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93503-9_183
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